UCAS is at the heart of connecting people to higher education.

UCAS is the world’s leading shared admissions service for higher education. We provide application services for UK universities and colleges as well as delivering a wide range of research, consultancy and advisory services to schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies and employers.

We’re a successful and fast-growing organisation, which helps hundreds of thousands of people every year. We're committed to delivering a first-class service to all of our customers — they're at the heart of everything we do.

The purpose of our People and Change team is to motivate and mobilise our people to deliver organisational change, enabling us to stay ahead of customer expectations and provide exceptional service. We aim to create an environment which brings together diverse thinking, passion and expertise to work together in delivering our mission and strategy. We shape the culture and ways of working,  identify and hire the right capabilities and talent, help people use their strengths and potential to learn and grow, and measure and monitor success so we know our work is having a positive impact. We want UCAS to be a great employer where colleagues are enabled to reach their fullest potential and our team is at the heart of this ambition.

To be responsible for the full 360 recruitment process experience, working with managers to support in recruiting the right talent for entry to mid-level roles at UCAS. You will manage vacancies from role brief, through attraction/sourcing, and interviews to offer process. You will advise recruitment managers on best practice recruitment campaigns, selection processes and ensuring great candidate experience. You will provide a high level of service to prospective candidates both internally and externally, and will review, develop, manage, and deliver a best-in-class recruitment process as well as supporting the delivery of value-add recruitment projects. On technical and hard to fill vacancies you will support Talent Acquisition Business Partners with sourcing and candidate identification.

Key accountabilities:

• Work with managers through role intake briefs to identify key requirements for each recruitment campaign on both reactive and proactive roles.

• Attract talented individuals to UCAS through elevated, engaging advert writing, headhunting on appropriate direct recruitment channels, establishing, and utilising networks, advertising channels, and other media, to pipeline and utilise live and warm candidates.

• Track candidate applications, upload vacancies, arrange interview schedules, and prepare/deliver assessment materials as required.
  
  

For full job description, please see role profile attached.

• Experience in recruitment in either and inhouse or agency environments

• Knowledge of how to resource and attract across a variety of business disciplines, Technology and data is desirable

• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation, specifically related to recruitment activity.

• Experience using Linkedin for advertising and talent sourcing/pooling is essential

• Proficient user of applicant tracking systems (ATS)

• Proficient user of Microsoft office applications with experience in using word, Outlook(including diary management), basic SharePoint and Excel.

• Ability to work using on own initiative, confident working independently and contribute as part of a team.

• Ability to prioritise and manage fluctuating workloads and variety of responsibilities to meet demands, KPIs/SLAs and deadlines

• Excellent verbal, written and numerical skills

• Demonstrable experience of providing exceptional customer experience to both internal and external customers

• Demonstrable experience delivering continuous improvement

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with adapting approaches/styles to suit and meet the needs of various customers and colleagues.

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary - up to £26,000

• 30 days annual leave (plus 3 concessionary days over Christmas and your bank holidays!)

• Flexibility – UCAS positively supports Hybrid working for its employees, meaning you can work between home and the office in a way that suits you and the business and also has a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy

• A generous pension scheme

• Hundreds of high street discounts and offers with Perkbox

• Internal training and development

• Subsidised gym and café

• Be rewarded for going above and beyond with our ex-gratia bonus scheme and Celebrating U, our quarterly employee recognition scheme

• Dedicated volunteer employee networks promoting wellbeing, awareness and inclusion

Studies have shown that some groups of people are less likely to apply to a role unless they tick every box. At UCAS we recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to delivering a fair and equitable recruitment process where applicants have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still apply.

If you have any questions and would like to find out more about the role before applying please email the Talent Acquisition team via careers@ucas.ac.uk and one of us will be in touch.