Recruitment Advisor - Strand, London, WC2R 2LSAbout Us:King's College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. The Human Resources directorate is proud to work with the King’s community to provide academic and professional excellence and an outstanding educational experience for our students.The central HR Recruitment team offers extensive support for all recruitment processes across academic, research and professional services vacancies. Our philosophy is simple: facilitate an effective and professional recruitment and selection process to attract the best talent from around the globe and provide them with an environment where they can flourish.The team process high volumes of recruitment requests with an average of over 3000 requests being completed each year by the team. We take these requests through the recruitment journey from advertising, shortlisting, and interviewing; to preparing offer documentation and contracts, carrying out pre-employment checks, and commencing the employment records for the new staff members of King’s College London.At the core of the work that we do is our aim to always provide a fair, open, and transparent recruitment process for everyone involved and a positive experience for candidates and hiring managers alike.About the Role:This role provides an end-to-end recruitment service to a demanding and wide range of stakeholders. Customer service will be key, and you will pragmatically support Hiring Managers (HM) to recruit high quality individuals for the University.You will provide dedicated support to a specific Faculty/School/Professional Services directorate, where you will manage the recruitment of a variety of roles including Academic, Research and Professional Services positions.Key Responsibilities:Provide an in-house specialist talent acquisition service; partner with the HMs to deliver an effective and efficient hiring process with clear timelines and methods of delivery.Support HMs in drafting job descriptions (JDs) and adverts providing guidance to maximise the pool of qualified applications and ensure they’re legally compliant.Provide guidance on where/how to place recruitment adverts, ensuring value for money and advising on recruitment best practice including diversity and inclusion.Provide advice to panel members and create, share and maintain shortlisting grids electronically and in line with data protection/employment legislation.Facilitate the interview/assessment process – e.g. invite candidates to interview, confirm interview panel and candidate attendees; troubleshoot and adopt a common sense and calm approach to any unforeseen issues arising with the schedule.Support the HM in the negotiation process when needed i.e. provide salary data and analysis to the HM, being mindful of diversity, confidentiality and GDPRHelp coach and supervise Recruitment Coordinators within the team.Communicate with unsuccessful candidates and provide feedback where appropriate.Strive to ensure that all candidates have an excellent experience when applying to King’s College.Ensure that all pre-employment checks are met for the successful candidate, liaising with the HM and Staff Compliance team as appropriate.Liaise with HR Operations and UKVI colleagues to issue the appropriate contractual paperwork when recruiting staff who require a visa.Close vacancies within the ATS and update HR electronic files accordingly.Ensure all assigned recruitment actions are entered into the ATS; ensure 100% accuracy and compliance; at the request of HMs, provide status reports in relation to applicants/progress of a recruitment/diversity statistics.Take responsibility for a distinct area of the university, regularly meet your HMs, department administrators and Director of Operations to ensure they are satisfied with the service they receive from the Recruitment Team. You will be required to attend the office a minimum of two days a week, or additional days as per the requirements of the role. This will include working with your business areas and basing yourselves in their offices as needed.Act as a point of escalation for Recruitment Coordinators to raise issues or queries related to the faculty/departments you support. About YouYou will have the following skills and experience:Experience working within an internal recruitment Team which have very high volumes of recruitment.With working knowledge on the full end to end recruitment lifecycle – planning, sourcing, screening, selecting, and securing. Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems, HR systems and databases Able to work flexibly, a self-starter; possess sound judgement to solve day-to-day issues/challenges logically and practically before escalating issues. Confident engaging with internal and external stakeholders across levels, to include at a senior level Highly collaborative and willing to deliver as an individual contributor and in a wider team setting
