Recruitment Partner

We are currently seeking a Recruitment Partner to join our Nationwide Recruitment Team, responsible for covering both our Scotland and North West regions. This unique role will offer a hybrid working arrangement, with a base at select local depots three days a week in either Glasgow or Edinburgh and the expectation of making regular depot visits across both regions. 

This is a permanent role where you will identify the best talent in the market for our core depot roles across your business areas. As our Recruitment Partner, you will be the primary point of contact for all recruitment needs within our Scotland and North West regions and will provide a personalised and tailored service, addressing the specific challenges and needs of each Depot Manager. You will also be proactive in developing creative approaches to meet current and future recruitment needs, which involves the creation of talent pools to ensure the ongoing success of both our existing and new depots. 

To be successful in this role you will have proven high-volume recruitment experience and will enjoy collaboration and partnering with others.  You'll also have the ability to adapt to changing business needs in a fast-paced environment. 

What you will be doing as a Recruitment Partner

• Partnering with Depot and Area Managers to ensure that recruitment needs are met within agreed time frames
• Sourcing candidates for Depot Managers, offering agency style support
• Attending recruitment events, careers fairs and working with local schools and colleges.
• Offering ideas and solutions for hard-to-fill vacancies, particularly in remote locations
• Providing your Business Partner with weekly updates on the status of all live vacancies
• Supporting Depot Managers with candidate feedback when necessary
• You will measure time to hire, candidate response rate and identify trends in your areas
• Ensuring that recruitment best practices are being met
• Ensuring that all candidate information is being processed within GDPR guidelines 

What we need from you 

• A proven track record of successfully delivering recruitment campaigns as well as direct sourcing candidates ideally across a large and complex organisation or within an agency environment is essential. 
• Experience of working on both specialist and volume recruitment campaigns is essential.
• Experience of supporting at candidate Assessment days and Careers Fairs.
• Demonstrable examples of managing a variety of stakeholders with complex challenges and priorities.
• Knowledge of identifying, and securing passive candidates via various channels - LinkedIn, Networking, industry events etc and expert at using and developing Applicant Tracking Systems and other HR systems.
• Sound knowledge of employment law, market trends and experience of managing employer branding initiatives and full cycle recruiting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to build relationships at all levels within an organisation.
• An excellent communicator who can express ideas in an articulate and confident manner. 
• Strong time management skills with the ability to coordinate, prioritise and manage own workload within a high paced environment.
• Attention to detail, resourcefulness, and creativity. 

What we can offer you

• Grade 6 role
• Annual bonus scheme 
• Excellent pension scheme 
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

 About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment.  That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens – and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We’re working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email recruitment@howdens.com with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.

Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding. #LI-LO1