Senior Recruitment Adviser

Are you an expert in recruitment, executive search, and talent acquisition strategy? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where innovation and impact drive success? If so, join us as a Senior Recruitment Adviser and play a pivotal role in transforming recruitment at the University of Greenwich.

About the Role

As a Senior Recruitment Adviser, you will be at the forefront of attracting, engaging, and securing top-tier talent. You will:

• Lead executive recruitment campaigns, partnering closely with the Vice-Chancellor’s Office (VCO) and senior leaders to deliver high-profile hiring strategies
• Spearhead large-scale academic recruitment campaigns, ensuring an efficient, data-driven, and candidate-centric hiring process
• Deliver recruitment and selection training to hiring managers and People Operations teams, enhancing capability and embedding best practices
• Use recruitment data and analytics to inform talent management strategies, identifying trends to improve hiring outcomes
• Contribute to workforce planning, supporting the university in building a sustainable talent pipeline
• Enhance employer branding and candidate attraction, leveraging LinkedIn, social media, and direct sourcing to proactively engage talent
• Manage relationships with recruitment agencies, maximising their effectiveness and optimising subscriptions to ensure the best return on investment
• Oversee and refine the People Help Desk recruitment support, ensuring efficient query resolution and continuous service improvement
• Monitor and evaluate recruitment channels and sourcing strategies, using insights and analytics to drive continuous improvement
• Ensure compliance and governance in all recruitment activities, advising on complex recruitment matters and best practices

About You

We are looking for an ambitious, forward-thinking recruitment professional who:

• Has proven experience in executive search, talent attraction, and volume recruitment
• Is digitally savvy, with experience in LinkedIn Recruiter, social media sourcing, and digital talent acquisition tools
• Understands recruitment marketing and employer branding, with a track record of innovative approaches to candidate engagement
• Is confident in building and managing external networks, from recruitment agencies to industry partners
• Has excellent stakeholder management skills, collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• Can deliver impactful training on recruitment and selection best practices
• Uses data-driven insights to inform recruitment strategy, workforce planning, and talent management

Why Join Us?

• Drive meaningful change in a university that is growing and evolving
• Be part of an innovative, dynamic People Team, shaping talent attraction and acquisition excellence.
• Enjoy hybrid and flexible working, supporting your work-life balance
• Access a range of benefits, including generous pension schemes, annual leave, cycle-to-work schemes, and gym membership

If you're ready to lead, innovate, and make an impact in recruitment, we’d love to hear from you!

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ibi Akinkuade, Head of People Operations at I.I.Akinkuade@gre.ac.uk or Kirsty Goulding, Associate Director: People Operations @ k.m.goulding@gre.ac.uk

About the university

The university is a brilliant place to work. We aim to become the top modern university in the UK by 2030, we are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful. 

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