Head of Resourcing

The salary for this role is 66436. Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week however we actively support requests for flexible working. 

This role is to be based at the following site; Culham Oxfordshire.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

The Role

Join our team as Head of Resourcing and play a key role in shaping recruitment strategy driving collaboration across resourcing teams and attracting top talent for technical and nontechnical roles. Youll manage the resourcing budget utilize data for decisionmaking and ensure an excellent candidate experience. Youll also champion diversity equity and inclusion (ED&I) and help drive cultural change within the organization.

As part of the Senior Leadership Group youll lead workforce planning improve recruitment processes and foster strong relationships with stakeholders. Youll oversee the Resourcing Teams ensuring efficient delivery of services compliance with laws and effective talent acquisition strategies. Additionally youll enhance retention efforts build external partnerships and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead develop and motivate the Resourcing Team.
• Ensure efficient customerfocused recruitment services.
• Oversee preemployment compliance talent acquisition and secondments.
• Drive recruitment and retention process improvements.
• Build relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Lead diversity initiatives and ensure compliance with recruitment policies.
• Manage recruitment projects and evaluate effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with audit requirements and budgets.

Corporate Accountabilities:

• Model UKAEA values and promote continuous improvement.
• Oversee team performance staffing and budgets.
• Ensure compliance with UKAEA policies on equality sustainability and data protection.

Qualifications :

Qualifications:

• Chartered CIPD qualification (Level 7) or equivalent experience or willingness to obtain within 612 months.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Strong leadership and strategic thinking to set direction and align with organizational goals.
• Competent in budget oversight performance management and evidencebased decisionmaking.
• Ability to analyze technical information and build crossfunctional collaborations.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex issues to various audiences and influence senior leaders.
• Strong organizational skills for business planning prioritization and managing competing demands.

• Proven experience leading HR or recruitment teams and managing stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated success in driving change and building highperforming teams in customerfocused operations.
• Experience communicating complex peoplerelated matters to senior leaders.
• Experience gained withing science and engineering would be desirable. 

Additional Information :

A full list of our benefits can be found here ; 

We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from underrepresented groups particularly from women in STEM people from Black British Caribbean and African Pakistani and Bangladeshi British and other ethnic minority backgrounds people with disabilities and neurotypical individuals. Our Executive team supported by our Head of Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications. 

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks:;If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.