Vacancy Information
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Resourcing Team at Greggs as a Recruitment Team Leader. In this role you will be part of an exciting and dynamic team, supporting Resourcers and Recruitment Managers to ensure we get amazing candidates in to Greggs roles.
We can offer you:
- Competitive pay
- 21 days (4.2 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service, plus bank holidays and 1 additional floating day
- Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
- Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
- Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
- Career progression and learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
- Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
- A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
- Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another
About the role
- This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- The base location for this role is Newcastle Upon Tyne
What you'll do
As the Recruitment Team leader you’ll:
- Lead a team of Resourcers and Advisor to support the recruitment of hard to fill or escalated vacancies.
- Support and develop the team to ensure a successful recruitment sourcing service to candidates and colleagues, focussing on call to interview to offer conversion.
- Lead the team in the sourcing of candidates utilising suitable job platforms to ensure we recruit the best candidates for the role.
- Complete regular 1-1’s with your team to ensure they are supported and performing in the best possible way.
- Take direction from the Resourcing Manager to ensure clear guidance on capacity and workload to direct and drive the team.
- Work with the team to assess job platforms, processes and sourcing techniques ensuring a focus of continuous improvement, providing excellent customer service to both candidates and Hiring Managers.
- Support Recruitment Managers through taking on roles and sourcing where necessary.
- Support job fairs, and ordering of recruitment materials.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with People Team Leaders to ensure consistency in people management.
About you
You will fit right into this role if you:
- Have experience in leading a team, setting and monitoring SLA's and objectives for your team.
- Ideally a background in recruitment with experience of sourcing candidates specifically how to find the right candidate for the right role.
- Experience working with a variety of job board platforms and how to get the most out of each platform would be beneficial.
- Act as a role mode, leading by example on quality sourcing and encouraging a joint approach.
- Have high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Have strong skills in planning, prioritising, and organising.
- Have the ability to influence and advise your team and peers across the business
- Enjoy multi-tasking and working with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales.
- Posses excellent IT skills including Microsoft 365; SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams
- Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together.
- Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good
- Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey.
About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.