Recruitment Administrator

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

- 251945**Salary**:

- £22,015**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 12 months**Business area**:

- DFE - Operations Group**Type of role**:

- Human Resources**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Darlington, North East England, DL1 5QEAbout the job

**Job summary**:
At DfE, we are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active & vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse DfE, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels. Equality and Diversity - Department for Education

Do you want to be part of a successful team shaping the way we recruit?

These roles sit within the Central Recruitment Operations Team. As a Recruitment Administrator, you will have the important role of managing & administrating recruitment campaigns and providing advice and guidance to hiring managers.

**Job description**:

- The Central Recruitment Operations Team are part of the wider Human Resources team and provide a professional recruitment service for the whole of the Department for Education.-
**Person specification**:

- As a recruitment administrator you will:
- Administer recruitment campaigns; responding to all enquires accurately and within agreed timescales
- Provide support and guidance to hiring managers, ensuring they are in line with the department’s recruitment policies and procedures.
- Ensure all recruitment campaigns are compliant with the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles
- Be responsible for a high volume of fast paced work

**Benefits**:
Applicants currently holding a permanent post in the Civil Service should note that, if successful, their salary on appointment would be determined by the Department’s transfer / promotion policies.

As a member of the DfE, you will be entitled to join the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme, which many experts agree is one of the most generous in the UK.

You will have 25 days leave, increasing by 1 day every year to a maximum of 30 days after five years’ service. In addition, all staff receive the King’s Birthday privilege holiday and 8 days’ bank and public holidays.

We offer flexible working arrangements, such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.

As an organisation, which exists to support education and lifelong learning, we offer our staff excellent professional development opportunities.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Strengths and Experience.**Application and Sift**

We ask you to provide a personal statement (500 words) telling us how you demonstrate the following **essential criteria**:

- Providing good customer service
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workloads
- Ability to be accurate
- Ability to work well with others

We will use your personal statement to assess your **Experience**.

You should use the personal statement as an opportunity to highlight how you meet the criteria set out above (essential criteria).

You may wish to include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advertisement. Sometimes experience can be transferable from a non-work context. Skills gained through voluntary work or a hobby, such as teamwork or communication, can demonstrate the experience required for the role. It is worth considering using the STAR technique to help structure your responses (situation, task, action and result). Whatever structure you end up using, ensure your answers focus on the actions and your transferrable skills.

**Interview**

If you are successful in reaching interview stage, you will be invited to a interview assessing your experience in all 5 of the essential criteria.

As part of the interview, we will also incorporate some short, fast paced strength questions.

**Other Information**

Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK from the location options provided and not from overseas.

For this role the department would not consider sponsoring a Certificate of Sponsorship/visa. Please note we are unable to offer advice on any Visa and Immigration cases.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check maybe carried out.

Department for Education do not cover the cost of travel to your interview/assessment unless otherwise stated.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

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