Role Purpose:

• Engage with leaders and individuals to encourage a proactive and inclusive approach to resourcing
• Oversee effective delivery of recruitment activity into the Force
• Deliver on the force wide resourcing and recruitment strategy
• Champion the force recruitment campaigns to deliver the diverse workforce objectives within the D & I strategy
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of resourcing and recruitment activity to provide workforce metrics and qualitative data to improve performance and minimize adverse impact
• Be involved with partnership working internally and with other external organisations, agencies and suppliers

Essential:

• Experience in implementing and evaluating resourcing and recruitment interventions that have a visible impact on organisational success in a large, complex organisations
• Experience of delivering diversity through recruitment strategies and initiatives including positive action strategy
• Experience of managing a resourcing/recruitment team within a large complex organisation
• Knowledge of resourcing/recruitment practices and their contribution to business success
• Experience of managing/delivering high profile and fast paced volume recruitment activity
• Demonstrable experience of resourcing transformation and process improvement

Desirable:

• Experience in the design of resourcing initiatives at an operational level
• Contract management and procurement experience
• Relevant professional qualification (MCIPD or equivalent)

Qualities and Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Building and maintaining strong relationships (including working with partners, suppliers and expert advisers)
• Influential (both up and down)
• Creative
• Collaborative
• Passionate
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Successfully managing through others
• Role model for Diversity and Inclusion

Vetting and Medical:

Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Appointment to this role will also be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions.  As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.  

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

"Diversity and Inclusion Vision:  Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities"