HR & Recruitment Team Leader
Xentrall Shared Services
HR & Recruitment Team Leader
£38223
Xentrall Shared Services, Newtown, Stockton-on-Tees
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: e37114a6a2414e1ab52295f71f30aa17
Full Job Description
- Do you have HR and Recruitment experience and looking for a new challenge at Team Leader level?
- Are you enthusiastic, self-motivated and have a passion for providing excellent service?
- Do you have great communication skills and the ability to engage with a wide range of customers, both within and outside of the Council?
- Relevant CIPD qualification or equivalent level of experience
- Experience in an HR or Recruitment role
- Knowledge of relevant employment law and pre-employment checks
- Excellent attention to detail and a proven ability of multi-tasking in a busy environment, prioritising work to meet relevant deadlines
- Strong IT skills and experience of using an HR / Payroll system
- Excellent communication skills and a strong track record of engaging with internal and external customers
- Strong team-working ethos
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council prides itself on being a great place to work where staff are trusted, valued and supported to make a positive contribution at work. - A competitive salary of up to £38,223.
- 27 days annual leave per year rising to 32 with 5 years service (plus bank holidays). Ability to purchase additional leave is also available.
- Generous Pension Scheme through the LGPS with ability to pay extra and plan for retirement.
- Access to a number of other employee benefits including learning & development opportunities, a car lease scheme, discounts at high street and online retailers, an employee assistance programme and physiotherapy services.
Look no further! We have a fantastic opportunity for an HR & Recruitment Team Leader to join the Xentrall Shared Services team here at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
Xentrall Shared Services is a very successful partnership between Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington Borough Councils.
The Xentrall HR team is made up of Payroll, transactional HR and Recruitment and Systems Support who look after the HR & Payroll system. We also provide these services to other Councils, Schools and Academies across the Tees Valley.
This is a key role within the Xentrall HR team and is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the service we provide across a range of transactional HR and Recruitment activities.
You will be responsible for leading and developing the HR & Recruitment team, ensuring the service is provided to a high standard and timely manner to meet both legislative and customer requirements.
The team are responsible for the recruitment process once an offer of employment has been made, completing all relevant pre-employment checks, issuing employment contracts and processing new starter information to the Payroll team.
Alongside this, we work with Schools and Academies, publishing vacancy adverts on their behalf on the Council websites, North East Jobs and other external recruitment sites.
We are also responsible for processing and monitoring ongoing employment checks such as Right to Work, DBS and Social Work England / HCPC registrations.
You will lead on the monitoring of continued right to work for employees and ensuring the renewal process for DBS checks is completed as required.
This role involves working to strict deadlines, so you can expect to have conflicting priorities which will need to be well managed.
We offer an excellent total reward package, including:
And that's not all - you can also work flexibly where you can work part of your week at home.