HR Recruitment Assistant

SCC's Recruitment Team is part of Enabling Services Directorate and aspires to be the 'best in class' through creating a cohesive approach to Recruitment to deliver value for money for Southampton City Council. The role of Recruitment Assistant is crucial in supporting the effective delivery of recruitment activity across the whole organisation. As a Recruitment Assistant, you will be responsible for administering the end-to-end recruitment process. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Using our in-house e-recruitment system to advertise roles and update candidate details.
• Handling queries from both candidates and managers, providing excellent customer service.
• Supporting hiring managers with recruitment campaigns, shortlisting, interviews, offers etc.
• Supporting candidates and new starters on their recruitment journey.
• You will provide guidance on the process and relevant legislation.
• Ensuring all communication and documentation is sent out accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring deadlines and SLAs are met.
• Conducting and completing pre-employment checks, issuing contracts of employment, and ensuring employee HR and payroll records are updated.
  
  Are you an organised and proactive individual looking to make a difference in a fast-paced environment?, The Recruitment Team is looking for a motivated and experienced individual to join the team. This is a key role within HR and we are looking for an individual who:
• Takes personal accountability and responsibility.
• Has excellent prioritisation and organisational skills, attention to detail and accuracy.
• Possesses strong communication skills to build relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• Experience of delivering an excellent customer service in a high volume admin environment (recruitment experience would be an advantage).
  
  We have an exciting opportunity for a Fixed Term, Full Time, Recruitment Assistant to join Southampton City Council (SCC) in the HR Recruitment Team, within the Enabling Services Directorate.
Southampton is an exciting place to be and SCC has an ambitious and challenging agenda. Our Enabling Services Directorate is central to delivering this and is underpinned by a business partnering approach to working with the wider council and our partners to deliver successful outcomes for our customers. Alongside technical expertise, we are seeking dynamic, pragmatic and knowledgeable individuals who are solution-focused, with an eye for innovation and are able to ask the right questions at the right time. Central to this are excellent communication and interpersonal skills together with the ability to build and develop professional relationships across the council and beyond.

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role, we would like to hear from you. What we can offer you: Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.
• A generous local government pension scheme.
• Flexible working and up to 13 days of Flexi Leave.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Online Benefits - salary sacrifice schemes, benefits and discounts.
• Great local transport links.
• Employee assistance programme with access to our health wellbeing and support.