Resourcing Adviser

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 427702

**Salary**:

- £25,746
- £25,488 per annum. Rising to £25,746 per annum on successful completion of probation.
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer
- C1 APT

**Contract type**:

- Temporary
Fixed term

**Length of employment**:

- Between six and 12 months. We may extend the roles beyond this, depending on business requirements.

**Business area**:

- People Group

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
Human Resources

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 4

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Piccadilly Gate, Manchester

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
We are recruiting four Resourcing Advisers to join our Resourcing team at Ofsted.

The Resourcing team plays a vital role in delivering all inspection and Administrative, Professional, Technical (APT) recruitment. We provide support, expertise, and guidance to recruiting managers across the organisation, helping our regions improve diversity and developing Ofsted’s attraction and recruitment strategy at a strategic level.

As a Resourcing Adviser, you will be responsible for the quality, timely, and compliant delivery of end-to-end recruitment administration. This includes personally managing recruitment campaigns and supporting colleagues in delivering senior-level and high-volume recruitment activity.

The People Services team is responsible for ensuring the efficient operation of HR processes, maintaining accurate employee records, and managing the timely and precise processing of monthly payroll for all Ofsted employees. The team supports employees and managers on a wide range of HR and payroll matters, including (but not limited to) family leave, flexible working, resignations, retirements, and pension administration.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.

**Job description**:

- Please see job specification for further information

**Person specification**:

- Please see job specification for further information

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Able to work on own initiative and plan and organise own workload. Experience of managing competing tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Effective communicator, able to provide first line advice and guidance to managers and other stakeholders in response to People Services (HR) queries.
- Experience of using the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £25,746, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £7,458 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

**Application and Shortlisting**:
**Assessment and Interview**

Assessment and interviews will be held on **Wednesday 8 October**or** Thursday 9 October 2025**at** Piccadilly Gate, Manchester.**

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:

- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil