HR Resourcing Associate

About The Borough

Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two. Kingston and Sutton councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and roles more focussed on one council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies. We work flexibly in both Kingston and Sutton offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working and personal life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.

There are some really exciting things happening in both boroughs. In Sutton, we are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. Over in Kingston, we are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in the borough, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact.

You should choose Kingston and Sutton if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do.

About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate

We’re recruiting for 2 x roles (36 hours per week) on a temporary contract basis, 1x role until 31st March 2026 and 1x role until 31st August 2026. This role will be primarily focused on supporting our customers in Kingston. Whilst this is a hybrid role, you will be required to work in the Civic Centre in Sutton every Tuesday, with adhoc working in either Sutton or our Kingston Guildhall buildings as required to support our customers.

Working in our Resourcing Team, you’ll be responsible for providing a professional, efficient, customer focused HR Resourcing administration and campaigns advisory service, supporting the priorities of all our customers. Your responsibilities will include managing the administration of the end-to-end recruitment life cycle through our Applicant Tracking (ATS) and Payroll/HR Information (HRIS) Systems, adhering to policies and procedures to ensure safe and fair recruitment, as well as supporting and advising hiring managers on the best and most cost effective recruitment strategies for their vacant roles. This role offers a lot of variety with the chance to work on permanent recruitment for staff at all levels, provide a strong customer focused advisory service to our customers and support with job evaluation for both Councils.

About You

We’re looking for someone who can question and challenge our ways of working, demonstrate innovation and creativity, and can work successfully with key stakeholders and customers within and outside of the Council through effective communication. Strong experience in the end-to-end recruitment life cycle is a must along with the confidence in using an ATS system. With your relevant experience you will be confident in providing expert support and advice to managers on all elements of the recruitment process and be able to deal with a large volume of recruitment queries, whilst also adopting a targeted campaigns focused approach for hard to fill roles. You’ll also possess strong accuracy and attention to detail skills along with evidencing a track record of providing candidate focussed recruitment services and be able to demonstrate a strong commitment to your own personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the role.

A full overview of the skills, abilities and experience we’re looking for is outlined in the job profile.

About Us

Kingston and Sutton Councils employ nearly 500 staff across its shared services in HR, Finance, Customer Service, Neighbourhoods, Environment and ICT. This is a highly rewarding way of working that will help you develop new skills as you manage relationships and provide a consistent service across multiple partners. Our team focus on providing a resourcing administration and advisory service and ensure the highest standards are adopted in regards to all elements of the recruitment process to support the priorities and needs of our customers of Kingston and Sutton Councils and other traded services organisations.

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team. Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.
• Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.
• Hybrid working (dependent on the role).
• Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks.
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.
• Interest free season ticket loans.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.
• Zip car scheme.
• Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.

Application Process

Apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application and check your CV details have been uploaded correctly in the relevant sections.

We understand and recognise the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace and are embracing AI where appropriate, to boost our productivity and streamline how we deliver our Council services efficiently; to provide the best possible outcomes for our residents and communities. However, we reserve the right to reject applications where it is apparent that AI-generated content has been used in isolation and without personalised responses. At Kingston we value authenticity and are looking for individuals who can clearly demonstrate their own skills, experience and motivation for the role that they are applying for and embrace and demonstrate our STAR values.

Here at Kingston we have core values of Transparency and this is to be demonstrated during the application process and completion of the supporting statement and will be further tested at interview and selection stage for those who progress forward. The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups. To support our workers and their families we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda. We are also proud to be a disability confident employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.