Senior Recruitment Advisor - Assessment Centres & Psychometric Testing

NHS Scotland

  • Bothwell, South Lanarkshire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 9 hours ago
The RoleAre you ready to help us shape the way we recruit and make a real impact on workforce transformation? We are recruiting to the post of Senior Recruitment Advisor at a time of growth and innovation. In this role, you will make a real impact in how we attract, assess, and retain talent across critical workforce areas.You will lead on the delivery of high-quality recruitment campaigns for hard-to-fill roles, including Medical, Nursing, and AHP posts, focussing particularly on designing and delivering robust assessment processes, including assessment centres and psychometric testing. International recruitment, supporting national targets and building new candidate pipelines, may also feature in the role.You will contribute to organisational decision-making by providing robust recruitment insights, supporting workforce planning priorities, and offering professional leadership within the recruitment team, while also engaging with the NHS Scotland Centre for Workforce Supply and wider stakeholders to meet both current and future staffing needs.Working closely with managers, HR colleagues, and external partners, you will provide expert advice, deliver engaging candidate experiences, and contribute to shaping future workforce plans within NHS Lanarkshire.NHS LanarkshireHave you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.We proudly serve a population of 652,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.We're looking for someone who can:
  • Deliver fair and consistent assessment and selection processes.
  • Provide clear evaluation and reporting to support decision-making.
  • Build strong relationships with candidates and stakeholders.
  • Design and manage recruitment campaigns, both domestic and international.
Looking to find out more?If you're ready to be part of a team that values compassion, innovation, and teamwork, we'd love to hear from you.Please contact Lorraine Scott, HR Business Partner at lorraine.scott2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk for any enquiries including the application form and recruitment process.Why NHS Lanarkshire?Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service plus 8 days of public holidays.Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )Paid sick leave increasing with length of serviceOccupational health servicesEmployee counselling servicesWork-life Balance policies and proceduresNHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.Further InformationFor more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .Additional Information for Applicants
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.Right to Work within the UKNHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at . Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire. Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.

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