Job Description

Details

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Reference number

401702
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Salary

33,785 - 36,266
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

Executive Officer###

Contract type

Permanent

Fixed term###

Length of employment

1 x Permanent and Fixed term appointment until 2nd April 2027 (with possibility of extension or permanency).###

Business area

RoS - Corporate - People & Change###

Type of role

Human Resources###

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours###

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 7AU : Glasgow, Scotland, G2 5LD

About the job

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Job summary

About Registers of Scotland (RoS)

Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. We hold the answer to the question, "Who owns Scotland?" We're a modern, digital organisation and our success relies on building a diverse team of dedicated, skilled and motivated people.

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Job description

The role

We are seeking a skilled recruiter to join our team, responsible for attracting, acquiring, and managing talent. The candidate will collaborate closely with hiring managers to ensure adherence to a fair and inclusive recruitment process, consistent with civil service recruitment principles. Additionally, they will promote the organisation's employee value proposition (EVP) and highlight its distinctive culture and values to attract candidates.

On a typical day you will

Source candidates

Research job roles and current market trends to support recruiting managers to create job adverts, highlighting key qualifications, skills, and experience required for the role. Engaging with potential candidates through various channels, including LinkedIn, candidate engagement calls, and professional networks, to build a strong talent pipeline. Promote the organisation's Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to highlight the unique value offered to candidates.

Engage with candidates

Ensure a seamless and professional experience for candidates throughout the recruitment journey. Actively review and challenge existing processes and make improvements to improve the experience for customers. Ensure diversity and inclusion are integrated throughout the recruitment selection process by using inclusive language in job descriptions and adverts to appeal to a range of candidates.

Engage with stakeholders

Build strong relationships with hiring managers to understand their recruitment needs, provide advice on recruitment solutions and market insights to ensure a successful campaign. Continually keep them up to date on progress. Collaborate with hiring managers on selection methods and assist in creating selection materials for campaigns. Developing and creating positive relationships for managers, employees, agencies, suppliers, third party providers and colleagues from other organisations. Provide recruitment updates and address challenges when collaborating with other departments of the organisation.

Deliver excellence

Efficiently and accurately manage end-to-end recruitment campaigns, including job postings, sourcing, screening, assessment and feedback. Use metrics to inform campaign design. Ensure service level agreements and quality benchmarks are met or exceeded.

Conduct Recruitment Activities

Adhere to the Civil Service Recruitment Principles and Procurement Frameworks. Tracks spend on relevant budgets, identifies and flags variances. Stay informed about GDPR regulations and guidance to ensure accurate record management of HR files, fulfilling obligations regarding recruitment compliance monitoring and data capture. Attend training and engagements sessions that are relevant to the role. Resolve recruitment related challenges by consulting guidance and proposing effective solutions. ###

Person specification

Key Responsibilities

Essential Criteria - Skills and Attributes for Success

Experience/Technical

We will assess you against the following Experience and Technical skills during the application and assessment process:

To be qualified/studying towards CIPD membership Experience in end-to-end recruitment processes, including attraction, assessing and selection. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Relationship management, consulting and advisory skills. Organisational skills to handle multiple roles and priorities effectively

Competencies

At application and assessment, you will be assessed on the following Competencies:

Leading and Communicating/ collaborating and partnering (Engaging people cluster)

Skilled in collaborating and developing relationships with a range of stakeholders. Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, adapting style of communication to meet various stakeholder requirements.

Analysis and Making Effective Decisions

Using data to inform and adapt recruitment approaches and strategies. Ensuring diversity and inclusion is considered at all stages.

Delivering a Quality Service/Demonstrating Commitment and Drive (Delivering results cluster)

Flexible and self-motivated with the ability to prioritise and manage recruitment campaigns using own initiative, recognising any potential difficulties and dealing with these appropriately. The ability to work to tight deadlines ensuring outcomes are delivered on time and to the required standard.

Changing and Improving

Identifies process improvements to improve the experience for applicants and recruiting managers and makes suggestions on how to implement these.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 33,785, Registers of Scotland contributes 9,787 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

This job is for you if you want

Work with purpose:

working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.

Flexible and hybrid working:

depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it's best for you and your stakeholders.

Benefits:

enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 28.97%, up to a year's parental leave, and 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.

Investment in professional development:

we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.

Diversity and Inclusion:

We are an 'Investor in People' and a 'Disability Confident' employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.

Positive work culture:

RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.

To learn more about RoS and what we offer visit our careers pages or watch this short video

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

Stage one - Application Process

To apply, click on 'Apply now' and complete the online application form.


You will need to submit:

A CV

outlining your career history and how you meet the technical/experience criteria (max 4 pages).

Provide examples of how you meet the required

competency

for the role

(150- 300 words per answer in the spaces provided).

Please note:

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on

Changing and improving.

We reserve the right to invite candidates to participate in a telephone interview prior to being further assessed. Applications that are not accompanied by CVs will not be scored. Examples outside 150- 300 words per competency will not be considered. We suggest preparing your answers using software such as MS Word or Google Docs, and then uploading the file. We strongly advise you review our policy on responsible use of AI in the application process. RoS may check answers with an AI detection tool and will contact you for a pre-screening call to verify your responses. Applications and appointments are subject to a strict merit-based assessment process, in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.

Stage two - assessment

If successful at application stage, you will be invited to an in-person interview (Meadowbank House, 153 London Road, EH8 7AU) which will include the following:

Competency based interview Case study exercise

Information on our Competency Framework

For further information on the competencies, visit our Competency Framework.

Recruitment timeline

Closing date: Sunday 4th May 2025 Application sift: wc Monday 5th May 2025 Invites to assessment: Monday 12th May 2025 Interviews: Week commencing Monday 19th May 2025

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage.

Reserve List

In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.###

Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : resourcing@ros.gov.uk Email : resourcing@ros.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : Resourcing@ros.gov.uk ###

Further information

Further information


For further information relating to RoS, including:




Additional details on pay & benefits




The Civil Service Code




Complaints process




Use of AI in the application/recruitment process,




Please view our additional information page online




If you have any questions, please contact resourcing@ros.gov.uk