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Talent Attraction & Acquisition Manager

Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Hove, England
Salary
£40,057 - £45,839 Per annum
Closing date
1 Feb 2022

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Sector
Healthcare
Function
Administration
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time, Part Time

Job Details

Welcome from our Chief Executive - Samantha Allen

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Samantha Allen

Chief Executive

Job overview

Are you our new Talent Attraction and Acquisition Manager?

As a Trust we are embarking on a number of large-scale service transformations and a period of sustained growth in our workforce. As the needs of the communities we provide care to changes and grows, we need to grow our workforce to reflect this and continue to provide excellent care. Central to this growth is our Workforce Supply (Recruitment) team.

We have identified our Talent Attraction and Acquisition team as a key area for growth, as we look to expand on our recruitment outreach and market Sussex Partnership as an employer of choice. We are seeking a Talent Attraction and Acquisition Manager to drive this new team forward and help the Trust to meet our recruitment targets.

We have developed the solid foundations of our digital footprint with a new careers website and recruitment focussed social media channels, now we are looking for someone to support us in driving this forward.

Main duties of the job

As Talent Attraction and Acquisition Manager in our Team, you will hold overall responsibility for our employer brand, as well as overseeing all candidate attraction campaigns. As the lead for the team you will be managing a number of stakeholders across the Trust, including Team Managers, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Senior Clinicians and Directors.

The Talent Attraction and Acquisition Team are responsible for developing, creating, managing and reviewing a range of campaigns, from smaller campaigns for individual vacancies, to large service-wide and trust-wide campaigns. This includes utilising specialist online job boards, social media campaigns, the trust careers website and more.

The team are also responsible for the employer brand and employer voice, ensuring that the Trust is marketed as an employer of choice within the local area and further afield. This includes running our recruitment specific social media channels, creating engaging content, maintaining relationships with online communities and growing the online presence of the Trust.

You will manage a team of two, which includes:
  • Recruitment Marketing and Campaign Coordinator - working on the recruitment campaigns and supports managers with advertising
  • Recruitment Digital Media Officer - working on the employer brand and larger scale campaigns

Working for our organisation

The Trust:

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Support Services:

Working in support services at Sussex Partnership gives an extreme level of job satisfaction, knowing that the work we do has a direct impact on the levels of care we provide to our service users. We give our clinical teams the capacity and tools they need to focus on providing excellent care.

What you can expect:

As a mental health trust, we place a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff and ensure our reward packages reflect the important work you do.

You can expect to receive:
  • Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
  • Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
  • Access to a host of discount schemes (inc. gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
  • Superb NHS Pension
  • Generous holiday entitlement (starts at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
  • And much more!...

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Talent Attraction and Acquisition Manager in our team you will:
  • Have a solid understanding of recruitment processes, candidate attraction and candidate experience
  • Be experienced in managing stakeholders, including senior individuals within a large organisation
  • Bring experience of running large-scale recruitment campaigns
  • Be comfortable working with data and running reports (such as campaign performance reporting)

It would also be advantageous if you have:
  • Experience working within the NHS
  • An understanding of the types of roles within an NHS Mental Health Trust (e.g. Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, etc.)

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

We work in a hybrid model, to include both home-working and working from our office and you will be expected to work in this way. Our office is currently based in Aldrington, Hove, however we will be moving to Worthing in 2022. There is also some expectation to travel to sites across Sussex and Hampshire when required, such as to attend recruitment events.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

Adele D'Silva - Head of Workforce Supply: adele.dsilva@spft.nhs.uk / 07985 195 260

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria
  • •Qualification in related specialism or equivalent level of relevant experience.
  • •Evidence of continued professional development

Experience
Essential criteria
  • •Significant operational experience of dealing with challenging, specialised or niche recruitment inhouse, for a large complex organisation with throughput.
  • •Experience of developing and maintaining a broad range of positive working relationships with senior managers/board members and other key stakeholders.
  • •Experience of developing attraction campaigns for both senior and niche recruitment.
  • •Experience of developing systems and processes that underpin an efficient end to end recruitment journey.
  • •Background in setting up and representing organisations at both jobs fairs, conferences and networking events.

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

Company

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Who we are

We provide specialist NHS mental health and learning disability services in south east England. People receive care, treatment and support from us in hospital, at home and from a range of community services. Our services are rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission and ‘outstanding’ for caring.

Where we are

We provide services for people of all ages across Sussex and services for children and young people in Hampshire. There’s something for everyone in our local area, whether that’s the hustle and bustle of Brighton, the scenic South Downs or our wonderful coastline where you can chill out to the sound of the surf.

What we can offer you

When you join us, you’ll be coming to work in an organisation that puts people first. We’ll do everything we can to make you feel valued, respected and included. You will be given plenty of opportunities here for your career to flourish. We’re an organisation which is strong on innovation, research and learning, and we will support your development and help you learn new skills in whichever team or service you work in.

Check out the links below to view our key areas of recruitment

Nursing

Medical

Allied Health Professions

Phychology & PsychologicalTherapies

Social Work

Healthcare Support Workers 

Support Services

Check out our latest video below where we hear from our inspiring nurses why Sussex Partnership is such a great place to work.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01903843000
Location
Trust HQ
Swandean
Arundel Road
Worthing
BN13 3EP
GB

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