Resourcing Assistant

Senior Appointments Team | Metropolitan Police Service

Location: New Scotland Yard and Kilburn, London

(Hybrid Working - 3 days in office)

Hours: 36 hours per week

Join a Team That Helps Shape the Future of Policing

Reed Talent Solutions have partnered exclusively with the Metropolitan Police Service to recruit a Resourcing Assistant to support the recruitment of senior leaders for a 9 month initial contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to high-profile recruitment campaigns while working with senior stakeholders across one of the UK's largest and most complex organisations.

About the Role

As a Resourcing Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring recruitment campaigns run smoothly from start to finish. You'll provide first-class administrative and coordination support, working closely with Campaign Managers, candidates and senior stakeholders throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

No two days will be the same. From managing candidate communications and coordinating interviews to maintaining recruitment systems and supporting onboarding activities, you'll be at the heart of delivering an outstanding recruitment experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as a first point of contact for candidates and stakeholders.
• Managing a busy shared inbox and responding to enquiries professionally and efficiently.
• Supporting end-to-end recruitment campaigns for senior appointments.
• Coordinating interviews, assessment centres, meetings and stakeholder briefings.
• Preparing recruitment documentation and maintaining accurate records.
• Conducting right to work and identification checks.
• Welcoming candidates attending interviews and assessment events.
• Maintaining recruitment trackers and databases.
• Supporting Campaign Managers with administrative and recruitment activities.
• Handling sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of recruitment processes and services.

The ideal you

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• A confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
• Customer-focused and committed to delivering a positive candidate experience.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams.
• Able to work effectively with sensitive and confidential information.
• Collaborative and able to build strong working relationships at all levels.

Ideally, You'll Also Have

• Experience working in an administrative, HR or recruitment environment.
• Experience supporting recruitment processes or coordinating projects.
• Experience working within a busy, service-focused team.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.

Why Join Them?

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your HR and recruitment career while supporting the appointment of senior leaders who help shape policing across London.

You'll benefit from:

• Exposure to executive and senior-level recruitment.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• The chance to contribute to the future leadership capability of the Metropolitan Police Service.

Note that the successful candidate will need to undergo CTC/NPPV2 vetting so it wont be an immediate start however this is an urgent requirement so they will aim to prioritise your vetting application. To apply, you would need to have resided in the UK for the last 3 years.

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