Graduate Trainee - Resourcing Solutions (Executive Search Team)
Location: Northallerton/ Hybrid Working
Salary: First 1-6 months £20,042, rising to £20,852 after 6 months and then £23,002 for the final 12 months of the scheme (grade: E, F, G)
Contract: 2 years fixed term position as part of the NYCC graduate programme
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
Responsible to: Executive Search Lead, Resourcing Solutions Team
We have an exciting opportunity for a graduate to join North Yorkshire County Council as a Graduate Trainee in our Executive Search Team. If you are curious about the world in which we live and want to play a role in making sure we find and attract the very best talent for our vital public services, then read on……………
The Resourcing Solutions Team
The Resourcing Solutions Team is a hybrid professional recruitment service, delivering the depth of a consultancy service associated with in-house talent acquisition services together with the tenacity, ingenuity and drive of a commercial recruitment consultancy. The best of both.
We are driven by our public sector ethos - we are a trusted partner, providing high impact services, but delivering with a commercial mindset using low cost, innovative methods to really drive value.
The Resourcing Solutions Team delivers a wide spectrum of resourcing services which includes executive search. We are the in-house recruiters to North Yorkshire County Council and our public sector partners, but also have over 400 trading clients and a growing commercial income across multiple sectors, including Local Government, Health & Social Care, Emergency Services and Education to name a few…..
Our growth to date has been based on reputation alone. Whilst we are multi-award winning and pioneering in much of what we do we are far from complacent. We have more to learn, more to achieve and that is where you can help us to make that difference.
As a result of our growth we are looking for a graduate to join us in the Executive Search Team.
The Executive Search Team
Our Executive Search Team has gone from strength to strength over the last 3 years and we are now poised for further significant growth. We are constantly winning new work as a result of our reputation, our ability to deliver successful results and our high levels of integrity. We are not for profit, we understand the public services sector better than anyone, and we deliver quality executive search services to our candidates and clients alike.
You may not have heard of us before, so you might be surprised to hear that not only do we source and attract senior talent for our own teams here at North Yorkshire County Council, but we also act on a retained basis for a growing number of other clients across the wider UK public sector.
The Role
You will help us to recruit executive leaders and senior professionals to public sector organisations throughout the country. This fast paced role will require you to deliver highly professional executive search resourcing solutions -we are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious colleagues to join us and help to make a real difference by ensuring we attract the very best talent to these vital roles. We have a tried and tested approach with an impressive 100% fill rate, and you will benefit from working with credible professionals to develop and enhance the depth of your recruitment skills.
We are looking for engaging, articulate individuals who thrive on attention to detail. We can provide you with training and support, as long as you bring curiosity and diligence to the table. Once in post, you will take time to understand local government and the wider public sector, and the vast range of roles and services we support. As you start to learn more about the sector you will be able to build your own networks and relationships with candidates, so that you can build up a pipeline of candidates as well as source referrals to help augment your research and market mapping every time.
You will need to be confident and willing to ask questions - and you will be surrounded by experienced and helpful colleagues who will be more than happy to share their knowledge with you. You will be keen to learn about the public sector and to find solutions against the odds.
You will work closely with senior stakeholders to take a brief about each role, and translate a client’s recruitment requirements into a compelling message that showcases the organisation, builds their profile, ignites interest from a competitive market and sets your role apart from others. At the same time you will make sure that you leave no stone unturned in the quest to proactively identify the best talent for each role, and will work closely with colleagues to ensure the research underpinning every assignment is top class. You will inspire your candidates to apply for opportunities, coaching them through the process, at the same time as building candidate pipelines for the future.
You will be responsible for helping to arrange and organise the complex interview process which underpins each assignment - so the ability to multi task and be organised is very important. We aim to ensure that the experience enjoyed by our candidates and clients alike means that they seek us out when they are next looking to recruit, or looking for advice about their own next career move.
Above all your service will result in the successful appointment of exceptional executive leaders in the public sector; leaders who can make a profound and fundamental difference to other people’s lives.
Visit our dedicated campaign page to learn more about our fantastic Graduate Programme and hear from our recent Graduates.
What do we value and what do we want?
Positivity and Solution Focussed: Our focus is to move things forward and find solutions. We are highly knowledgeable experts in our field, but we are not bureaucrats. We ensure that we provide pragmatic solutions and advice to help solve problems rather than avoid them. We positively support one another right across the team.
Client and Candidate Care: Our aim is to ensure that everybody who deals with The Resourcing Solutions Team will have a positive experience, so we make every contact count, whether you are a client or a candidate. We know only too well that today’s candidate could become tomorrow’s client.
Inquisitive: We are all driven by the desire to know more about our clients, our candidates, the latest industry developments and best practice, as well as new digital solutions – this keeps us fresh, modern and open to new and more effective ways of working.
Resilient: We work in a very busy, fast paced environment, dealing with demanding stakeholders every day - so we are agile, we juggle conflicting demands and work at pace, thriving on pressure.
This is a really exciting time to be joining the team and with LGR also now upon us, the long term career possibilities afforded by working within the largest unitary authority in the UK are excellent.
For more information about the role please see the job description attached here
What can you expect from us?
In return, you will be surrounded by supportive colleagues who are passionate about making sure that we attract and retain the best talent for the public sector. You will receive a competitive salary, employer contribution pension and comprehensive benefits package, with incremental salary progression during your 2 year graduate career development programme. Your role will provide access to a graduate development programme including a graduate network, leadership and management development events, coaching, mentoring and peer support from graduates on our ‘in house’ graduate programme which has been highly commended in the Best Talent Programme Awards of the Public Service People Managers Association PPMA – Public Services People Managers Association
Please note that due to your client partnerships, you will sometimes work varied hours and locations to cover the peaks and troughs of recruitment.
For more information about the role, please contact Penny Keatings who will be delighted to have a chat so you can learn a little more. Contact details are as follows: Mobile 07811 411462; email Penny.Keatings@northyorks.gov.uk
How to Apply and Key Dates
If you wish to apply, please send your CV to Penny.Keatings@northyorks.gov.uk
It is important that in your application you address the following as we will use this to help shortlist applications, in addition to any specific requirements listed for the role.
1. Why you have applied to the NYCC graduate programme. (max 200 words)
2. What you see as the key challenges ahead for Local Authorities, specifically North Yorkshire County Council.
3. Referencing our behaviours framework below, provide detailed evidence using examples of your ability to (Max 200 words per bullet point - total 1400 words):
Ø Focus on customers and/or communities;
Ø Take responsibility;
Ø Work collaboratively with others;
Ø Act with integrity;
Ø Continuously improve and innovate;
Ø Lead by example: and
Ø Above all, deliver high quality work with positivity and passion.
4. What impact you think you will have if appointed to the programme. (Max 200 words)
Closing date midnight Sunday 4 September 2022.
Interview Dates : TBC