Resourcing Manager
£48,000-£55,000
Hammersmith
Office Based
About the Client
Our client is a well-established organisation within the Education sector, recognised for delivering exceptional academic standards and providing a supportive environment for both students and staff.
About the Job
This is a newly created role, where you will develop the organisation’s recruitment function. Reporting to the Head of HR, you will oversee the end-to-end hiring process for both academic and professional services roles while supporting leaders with strategic workforce planning and talent attraction initiatives.
This role also involves managing recruitment systems, maintaining safeguarding compliance, and improving recruitment processes to ensure an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience.
Duties will include:
- Designing and implementing recruitment strategies aligned with organisational workforce plans
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to identify future skills needs, succession plans, and staffing risks
- Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing through to appointment
- Advising hiring managers on attraction methods, job design, and selection processes
- Ensuring recruitment activity supports diversity, fairness, and inclusive hiring practices
- Maintaining safeguarding and safer recruitment compliance in line with statutory guidance
- Overseeing all pre-employment checks and maintaining accurate compliance records
- Managing relationships with external recruitment agencies and monitoring supplier performance
- Using recruitment data and reporting to inform improvements and strategic decision-making
- Optimising recruitment systems and digital tools to improve efficiency and candidate experience
- Line managing and developing a Resourcing Coordinator
- Contributing to policy development, recruitment frameworks, and continuous improvement initiatives
About the Successful Applicant
The ideal candidate will bring significant experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes alongside strong stakeholder engagement and workforce planning capability. You will be highly organised, analytical, and confident advising senior managers on hiring strategies. Previous team leadership experience is important, and experience analysing recruitment data and managing multiple priorities is essential.
What You Will Receive in Return
You will join a highly respected educational organisation offering a supportive working culture and opportunities to shape recruitment strategy in a visible role. The package includes a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, private healthcare eligibility, free on-site meals during working hours, access to sports facilities, season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme, life assurance, employee assistance programme, and support for further professional development.
Get in touch now- jodie.hayden@wademacdonald.com