Resourcing Manager

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and resilient Resourcing Manager to join our Employment Services Team and help us deliver a responsive, efficient and inclusive recruitment service across the Trust.

Recruitment is about more than filling vacancies. It is about helping people access employment opportunities, supporting our services to recruit the workforce they need and providing a positive experience for candidates and recruiting managers.

Working pattern & base: The service operates Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. This is a full-time, predominantly office-based role, with some flexibility to work from home, subject to service and operational requirements.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Head of Resourcing, you will lead and support a busy recruitment team, providing clear and supportive leadership while balancing operational demands, organisational change and changing workforce priorities. You will help develop our people, manage competing priorities and create a positive culture of teamwork and continuous improvement.

You will play an important role in the ongoing development of our recruitment service, using data and performance information to identify risks, improve processes and monitor performance. You will provide specialist recruitment and resourcing advice and help ensure our processes remain compliant with NHS Employment Check Standards, relevant legislation, national guidance and Trust requirements.

You will be an approachable and supportive leader with strong communication, problem-solving and relationship-building skills. You will need the resilience to manage competing priorities, respond positively to organisational change and remain focused on delivering a high-quality service when pressures increase.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7, equivalent postgraduate professional development, or equivalent senior recruitment/HR experience.
• Educated to postgraduate level in HR, leadership, management or related subject, or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to recruitment, employment practice, leadership or service improvement.

Knowledge

• Detailed specialist knowledge of end-to-end recruitment and resourcing processes.
• Detailed knowledge of NHS Employment Check Standards and recruitment controls.
• Knowledge of UK immigration and sponsorship requirements relevant to recruitment, including sponsor licence and right-to-work requirements.

Experience

• Experience of managing or leading a high-volume, complex recruitment or resourcing service.
• Experience of preparing clear reports, briefing papers and presentations for senior leaders or governance groups.
• Experience of leading recruitment, workforce or service-improvement projects from planning through to implementation and evaluation.
• Experience of monitoring recruitment performance against agreed key performance indicators and implementing corrective action.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to lead, motivate and develop a team, establishing clear expectations and accountability.
• Ability to manage a complex workload, prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

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Name Farzana Kauser Job title Head of Resourcing Email address Farzana.Kauser@lscft.nhs.uk Additional information

To arrange an informal discussion about the role please contact -

Farzana Kauser - Farzana.Kauser@lscft.nhs.uk (Head of Resourcing)

Interview date: 12th November 2026 (TBC)

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