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Directorate: Human Resources

Salary: Grade 5 - £25,138 - £28,759

Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 months)

Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and leading-edge, relevant research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for innovation, business and industry.

Heriot-Watt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business and finance. Heriot-Watt is also Scotland's most international university, boasting the largest international student cohort.

We have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.

For full details on our University please view our Careers at Heriot-Watt http://www.hw.ac.uk/about/careers-at-heriot-watt.htm

About Our Team

The UK Recruitment Team sits within the HR Directorate and supports recruitment at all levels across the University. This role will report to the Head of Recruitment but will also work closely with the other Recruitment Coordinators. Support will be needed for both our Academic and Professional Services Teams.

Detailed Description

This is an exciting time to join Heriot-Watt and our busy Recruitment Team. We are now looking for someone to join our team, who has experience in working with hiring managers throughout the Recruitment Cycle. Week to week deliverables will vary from supporting and advising managers on queries on current and future hiring needs, as well as providing support to our Recruitment Leads and Head of Recruitment.

We are ideally looking for someone who has established themselves as a Recruitment Coordinator and that would enjoy some project work as well as a variable workload.

The role will be fast moving at times but interesting as you look to support a range of support requests from across our UK Campus.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Provide a comprehensive administration service for our UK recruitment activity, working as part of team to deliver efficient and effective recruitment and engagement of staff and casual workers.
• Engage with Hiring Managers to agree a recruitment plan from attraction through to selection and guide them through our processes to deliver a fair and positive recruitment process.
• Engage with candidates to support them through the recruitment process, ensuring clear communications and consistent engagement.
• Promote a culture of ED&I throughout the recruitment and selection process, guiding managers on matters such as attracting a diverse candidate pool and developing strong competency-based questions for interview.
• Actively support candidates who may require adjustments to the selection process to ensure all suitable candidates can access our roles.
• Ensure new vacancies are set up correctly on the Recruitment System, supporting and encouraging Hiring Managers and Candidates to engage positively with the processes.
• Produce simple reports on recruitment activity for monitoring and development processes.

Education, Qualifications and Experience

These are the criteria on which the short-listing and recruitment selection will be based.

Essential

• Educated to Scottish Higher or similar, or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of Tier 2 and Tier 4 application processing and the requirements needed for UKVI.
• Experience of working within a recruitment role with similar responsibilities.
• Understanding of GDPR processes
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages
• Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly, and accurately in a dynamic, changing, and pressured environment.

Desirable

• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems
• Interviewing Experience
• Sourcing from multiple channels including Social Media.
• Experience of diversity recruiting.

How to Apply

Applications can be submitted up to midnight (UK time) on Wednesday 17th April 2359 UK time.

At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.

Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities.  Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers https://disc.hw.ac.uk/ .

We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.

Use our total rewards calculator: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.