Resourcing Assistant

Grade & Work Hours

Grade B - £28,598 - £33,699

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

Permanent

Birmingham City Council is one of the largest local authorities in Europe, serving a diverse, vibrant, and changing city. We are committed to high quality services, a positive candidate experience, and building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We are looking for motivated, customer focused Resourcing Assistants to join our busy Resourcing Service. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful recruitment programmes across the council, supporting essential services and playing a key part in bringing talent into BCC.

• Provide professional, customer focused resourcing support to Resourcing Partners and recruiting managers.
• Support end‑to‑end resourcing activity including shortlisting, interview scheduling, onboarding and compliance.
• Ensure accuracy in pre‑employment checks and Oracle records to mitigate risk.
• Deliver timely and accurate information within defined service standards.
• Support early careers and workforce planning across the council.
• Work in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and excellent customer service is key.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, problem solving, and working collaboratively in a team that is central to BCC’s operations.

• Experience working in a resourcing or recruitment environment.
• Ability to work in a busy service and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Confident use of IT systems, including Microsoft Office and MS Teams.
• Experience using HR or payroll systems (desirable).
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to guide and advise colleagues.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.