Recruitment manager

Band 6 · Recruitment officer · 430 job evaluation points

Manages the recruitment service and team, sets its standards, and leads improvements to speed, quality, candidate experience, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

Manage the recruitment team and service, setting priorities and service standards.
Lead improvements to the recruitment process and applicant tracking system, including automation and self-service.
Analyse recruitment data, such as time to hire, offer acceptance, and diversity at each stage, and act on it.
Shape the employer brand and recruitment marketing with the communications team.
Manage recruitment agency use and the recruitment budget.
Make sure recruitment follows employment law, safe recruitment rules, and the organisation's policies.

Skills

Skill	Expected level	What this level means
Recruitment and selectionThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: set the organisation's recruitment strategy and service standards lead the choice and use of recruitment technology and agencies make sure recruitment is inclusive and lawful across the organisation
Talent attraction and sourcingThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: build talent pipelines and communities for scarce digital and data roles shape the employer value proposition with hiring teams use market data on pay and supply to advise on hard-to-fill roles develop early careers routes, such as apprenticeships and graduate schemes
Workforce information and HR systemsThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: analyse workforce data to find trends and explain them to managers design dashboards and reports for workforce indicators produce statutory and equality reporting, such as pay gap analysis
Employment law and people policyThis reference	Working (2)	You can: apply people policies to routine cases and explain them to managers identify the employment law principles behind a policy keep policy records and track policy review dates
People managementThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: line manage a team, setting objectives and running appraisals support wellbeing and manage attendance, performance, and conduct plan the team's development and succession
Budget managementThis reference	Working (2)	You can: track spending against a small budget and raise variances authorise spending within your limit
Stakeholder relationship managementUK GDaD PCF	Practitioner (3)	You can: work with the team to develop and maintain an understanding of stakeholders work with the team to develop and implement stakeholder communications strategies identify and resolve issues, influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively build long-term strategic relationships and communicate clearly and regularly with stakeholders
Equality, diversity, and inclusionThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: carry out equality impact assessments build inclusive teams and practices
Information governance and data protectionThis reference	Working (2)	You can: apply data protection principles to your work contribute to data protection impact assessments handle information requests and records correctly

Typical qualifications and experience

A recognised HR or recruitment professional qualification, or equivalent experience.
Experience of managing a recruitment team or service.

Band 6 outline

Knowledge: Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures, built through further training or experience.
Autonomy: Works independently; interprets policy for own area; seeks advice on complex issues.
Scope: A product, service, or workstream.
Leadership: May lead a small team or mentor colleagues.
Accountability: Outcomes of own workstream and quality of advice given.

Job evaluation (illustrative)

Factor	Level	Level summary	Points
Communication and relationship skills	4	Gives complex, sensitive, or contentious information needing persuasion, negotiation, or training skills, or highly complex information.	32
Knowledge, training, and experience	6	Specialist knowledge across the range of the specialism (postgraduate diploma level or equivalent).	156
Analytical and judgemental skills	4	Judgements on complex facts or situations needing analysis, interpretation, and comparison of options.	42
Planning and organisational skills	3	Plans several complex activities, adjusting plans as needed.	27
Physical skills	3	Developed skills needing speed or accuracy, such as advanced keyboard use.	27
Responsibility for patient and client care	1	Helps patients, clients, or relatives during incidental contact.	4
Responsibility for policy and service development	3	Implements policies for own area and proposes changes that affect other areas.	21
Responsibility for financial and physical resources	2	Handles cash or valuables, looks after equipment used by others, controls stock, or authorises small payments.	12
Responsibility for people	3	Manages a group of staff day to day, teaches core or specialist training, or gives core HR advice.	21
Responsibility for information resources	4	Adapts or designs information systems to others' specifications, or runs information systems for a department as the main duty.	24
Responsibility for research and development	1	Carries out surveys or audits for own work; occasionally takes part in research or testing.	5
Freedom to act	4	Results are defined, but the job holder decides how to achieve them, within broad policy.	32
Physical effort	1	Sitting, standing, and walking, with little physical effort.	3
Mental effort	3	Frequent concentration on unpredictable work, or occasional prolonged concentration.	12
Emotional effort	1	Rare exposure, or occasional indirect exposure, to distressing circumstances.	5
Working conditions	2	Occasional unpleasant conditions, frequent travel or outdoor work, or near-continuous screen use on most days.	7
Total (Band 6: 396 to 465)			430

Recruitment manager

Responsibilities

Skills

Typical qualifications and experience

Band 6 outline

Job evaluation (illustrative)

Self assessment