Recruitment Assistant

Are you looking for an opportunity to start a career in Recruitment or HR? Then this is the opportunity for you!

The East Sussex County Council Recruitment Team are looking to appoint two Recruitment Assistants as two Recruitment Assistants have been promoted within the HR team.

This is a great opportunity for an introduction to working in recruitment and HR and can provide an invaluable foundation for anyone looking to launch a career in these areas of work.

We are a busy team responsible for assisting candidates and supporting hiring managers right across the Council to make more than 1000 appointments every year to a diverse variety of roles ranging from apprentices to our most senior management positions.

We are always looking to make improvements for our customers whilst working within a supportive team and working hard to live up to our excellent reputation. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to influence change, be creative and make a difference to people’s working lives.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Are proactive and confident communicators, who can speak to managers and candidates
• Enjoy the challenge of working at pace to meet deadlines whilst retaining a keen eye for detail
• Can manage multiple priorities effectively and efficiently
• Can manage a large case load of appointed candidates to meet deadlines

If you have any questions, please contact Lucy Ashley, Team Leader Recruitment, at Lucy.Ashley@eastsussex.gov.uk.

To apply for this role please submit your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement should clearly address how you meet the \’essential\’ criteria set out in the attached job description and person specification. We will use the information on your supporting statement for shortlisting purposes. Your application will not be considered if you have not included this information. You can draw on your experience from work, education or personal interests.

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For guidance on how to write an application see our how to apply page.

Interviews will be held in person on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 January at County Hall in Lewes. We will provide you with a copy of the interview questions before your interview. You will be interviewed by two members of the team. We welcome your questions as part of the process.

Candidates who meet certain criteria are given priority when we shortlist. See our priority status page for details.

The post is based in Lewes, East Sussex and we will require that you work from the office for a minimum of three days per week.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

In addition to opportunities to grow your career within our large and varied workforce, we offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment, which include:

• flexible working opportunities
• a generous leave entitlement which increases with service and an additional leave purchase scheme
• a wide selection of discounts with high street retailers, holiday companies and more
• travel discounts
• access to financial wellbeing resources and products
• the choice to be a member of the attractive Local Government Pension Scheme
• option of doing a level 5 HR apprenticeship

More information can be found on our benefits page.

For collaboration, not competition, choose East Sussex.

The best thing about working here is that everyone’s really supportive and you always get the opportunity to develop your qualifications. Lesley, Personal Assistant