Recruitment Adviser

**Position Details**

Human Resources

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £32,546 to £35,116 with potential progression once in post to £39,355

Grade: 6

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to June 2026 (maternity cover)

Closing date: 26th May 2025

Interviews are due to take place in person on the Edgbaston campus on Wednesday 4th June 2025

This role is also open as an internal secondment opportunity which would need to be agreed by your current line manager.

**Our offer to you**

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

**Role Summary**

The University of Birmingham’s in-house Recruitment Team, which oversees all Recruitment activity at the University, are looking for a new Recruitment Adviser. In this role, you will lead on all aspects of recruitment for our varied customer base, including our academic Colleges and Professional Services teams.

**Main Duties**

The post holder will:

- Facilitate effective recruitment by coordinating recruitment and selection campaigns for a variety of appointments with a range of stakeholders. Examples of duties include placing advertisements, campaign management and offer management, ensuring activity meets agreed SLAs and KPIs and taking appropriate corrective action where required
- Advise and guide colleagues throughout the University on recruitment best practice in line with legislation, University policy and guidance
- Promote equality and diversity values acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture individually as well throughout recruitment processes
- Work in partnership with other HR and Central Staff Hub colleagues to ensure recruitment best practice and HR Core values are followed, contributing to wider people and culture projects, identifying and leading recruitment-related projects
- Managing relationships with stakeholders, delivering recruitment and selection training and using a range of communication methods to enable consistency in approach, knowledge, and alignment to employment legislation
- Effective use of HR platforms and systems, including supporting systems testing, redesigning processes to adapt to systems changes and communicating systems changes to stakeholders
- Maintain recruitment records and data, sharing regular reports to inform resource planning and costing
- Actively contribute to improving recruitment and selection processes, so they are fit for purpose and effective, ensuring the recruitment service is continuously evaluated and improved in line with wider strategic goals
- Develop a broad range of selection approaches for managers across the University, to enable inclusivity and transparency
- Undertake other duties commensurate with the grade of the position

**Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience**
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Ability to