Resourcing Advisors x2

Two Resourcing Advisors are required for permanent roles paying £27,824.31 per annum with British Transport Police (BTP) based in Birmingham.

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground. We are a specialist police force, keeping six million people moving safely on Britain’s rail networks every day. Our communities are always moving and the world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

As Resourcing Advisor with BTP you will provide resourcing expertise in order to attract, assess and hire candidates across a number of specialist business areas. You will provide expert advice to hiring managers, ensuring recruitment best practice is adhered to.

As Resourcing Advisor youwill be required to:

• Lead on a varied portfolio of resourcing activity, working with hiring managers and other departments to develop tailored resourcing solutions
• Utilise all available resourcing tools as appropriate, particularly in regards to advertising, direct sourcing, and agency usage where necessary
• Play a key part in the modernisation of our recruitment function by taking accountability for potential areas of improvement
• Act as first point of contact regarding all resourcing matters, providing expert advice and guidance to all parties both internal and external to the organisation

The successful candidate will be required to evidence the following:

• A successful track record in delivering resourcing activity in a fast paced environment
• Experience of creating engaging job adverts, building assessment and selection strategies and managing the candidate journey.
• Experience in providing clear advice and guidance on a wide range of resourcing issues
• Ability to use a range of resourcing tools in the attraction of candidates and in direct sourcing
• Knowledge of resourcing practice including up-to-date awareness of recruitment best practice principles and regulatory requirements

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of £27,824.31
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive pension scheme
• Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle-to-work and season ticket loan as well as many high street and online retail discounts

The successful candidates will be Birmingham based with some opportunity for agile working. National travel will be occasionally required.

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 YEARS. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘developing’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (6 months) for current substantive posting.

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is January 2022.If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team –recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk