Attraction and Recruitment Assistant

This is an exciting time to be involved in recruitment with recent national and local uplifts in funding allowing Surrey Police to recruit more Police Officers and specialist staff. As an Assistant you will gain valuable experience in a wide range of processes from the basic administration level, moving up to understand and advise on the policies and law that underpin these processes.

You will join a team that oversees the administration for the recruitment of bulk campaigns within Surrey Police such as Police Officers, PCSO’s as well as the administration for external staff recruitment and internal staff moves. You’ll be responsible for providing administrative support, responding to queries and giving basic advice to candidates and customers. Using a range of systems, including Talentlink and Oracle HRMS, your duties will include:

• Co-ordinating the administration processes in relation to one or more bulk recruitment campaigns from the initial advert to hiring on HRMS and on-boarding
• Co-ordinate, arrange and allocate recruitment appointments such as interviews and pre-employment check appointments.
• Respond to candidate queries via telephone, email and face to face, providing advice and guidance to provide a quality candidate experience.
• Assess candidates against set criteria at relevant recruitment stages and proceed and reject them accordingly.
• Access and maintain recruitment records in relation to selection processes in line with procedures.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of processes, procedures and work instructions in line with organisational priorities, best practice and legislation.

This role will be offered on a fixed term basis for a duration of 12 months.

You will need:

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• A good level of literacy and numeracy
• CIPD is desired but is not essential for the role, as is previous experience in a HR and/or Recruitment environment
• The ability to work both independently and as a part of a team.
• Microsoft Word and Excel skills are essential, and it is desirable to have experience in using Talentlink and Oracle HRMS.

The Attraction and Recruitment Team work in an agile nature that will include the need to work at Headquarters (Guildford) at least twice per week.

Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We’re invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We encourage agile working, giving you the opportunity to manage your own diary and work wherever you give the best service to the public.

This may include flexi-time and home working.

We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;

• career progression
• contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
• generous annual leave allowance
• discounts for everyday spend
• on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
• generous and supportive parental leave
• financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
• discounted contributory healthcare scheme

Please use the following links for more information on the benefits of working with Surrey Police or Sussex Police
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For any queries or if you wish to discuss the role please contact the Recruitment Team Leader, Angharad Morgan at Angha