Advisor, HR​/Recruitment, Recruiter ​/ Talent Acquisition

Our client is seeking a full-time temporary People Advisor to join their People Services team in Guernsey or Jersey for a fixed term of 12 months. This role is essential for delivering an efficient, compliant, and positive recruitment and onboarding experience. You will support hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment journey, coordinating recruitment administration, pre-employment screening, onboarding, and probation activities.

Your expertise will help ensure that key activities are executed accurately and in a timely manner, facilitating a smooth transition for new colleagues into the organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with recruitment experience who possesses strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and superior communication abilities.

• Support hiring managers throughout the recruitment process, providing guidance in line with established policies and procedures.
• Act as a key point of contact for candidates, hiring managers, recruitment agencies, and colleagues, helping to deliver a positive recruitment experience.
• Coordinate pre-employment screening, monitoring cases through to completion and resolving documentation or information requirements.
• Keep candidates informed throughout the screening process and escalating more complex cases where appropriate.
• Coordinate onboarding activities, working with managers and key stakeholders to ensure equipment, systems access, induction, and other requirements are ready for a colleague's first day.
• Support Day One activities, including identification verification and applicable onboarding requirements.
• Coordinate probation activity, including tracking key milestones, supporting managers, scheduling reviews, and issuing probation outcome correspondence.
• Maintain accurate recruitment, onboarding, screening, and probation records.
• Produce management information and reporting to support effective oversight of recruitment and People activity.
• Support recruitment events, interviews, and attraction activities where required.
• Maintain recruitment guidance, standard operating procedures, and other process documentation.
• Support audits, compliance reviews, and recruitment governance activities.
• Keep up to date with relevant recruitment legislation, regulation, and best practice.
• Identify and support opportunities to continuously improve recruitment, onboarding, and wider colleague lifecycle processes.
• Contribute to wider People Team initiatives and projects while maintaining high standards of confidentiality, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.

• A Level 3 qualification in Recruitment Practice, CIPD equivalent, or similar is essential.
• Proven recruitment experience is required.
• A good understanding of sourcing and recruitment techniques is necessary.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across the business are crucial.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage priorities and work to targets are important.
• Sound judgement and a proactive approach to problem-solving are essential.
• A good understanding of employment and discrimination legislation in Guernsey and Jersey is required.
• Desirable qualifications include a diploma-level qualification and previous in-house recruitment experience.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry is beneficial.
• Experience or skills gained within sales or customer service would be advantageous.

This role offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities to enhance your recruitment skills and participate in a range of People Team initiatives. You will work in a supportive atmosphere that values your contribution to the recruitment process, all while enjoying a collaborative culture focused on achieving results together.