Retail Resourcing Assistant

Retail Resourcing Assistant

At Debenhams, the passion and ambition of our people has been shaping who we are for more than 200 years.

Debenhams is a major employer with around 30,000 staff in the UK, Republic of Ireland, China, Bangladesh and Denmark, plus thousands more who work in our franchise stores around the world.

We are committed to attracting, retaining and growing the very best talent in the industry and as a department, we are responsible for the recruitment of all Store based roles from Sales Advisers and Supervisors, up to and including Sales Manager and Store Managers. As a Resourcing Assistant you will be responsible for the attraction and recruitment of high calibre employees to work across our 180 UK & ROI stores.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an in-house resourcing team to gain some new / develop existing experiences within the HR field.

You will provide effective resourcing support to the business by building and maintaining essential relationships with hiring managers across the UK & ROI, supporting all their recruitment needs.

This includes:

• Managing the advertising of vacancies across appropriate websites
• Reviewing & shortlisting online applications or CV's against specific job role criteria
• Coordinating and conducting candidate interviews by telephone
• Working closely with internal stakeholders including those at Senior level
• Managing external stakeholder relationships which may including Job Centres and / or recruitment agencies
• Providing excellent recruitment best practice advice and guidance to ensure process and procedures are correctly adhered to
• Proactive talent sourcing and talent pool management

Candidate Requirements:

Previous recruitment experience or experience within an HR Field would be an advantage however is not necessary. The following attributes are a requirement for this role:

• Demonstrates excellent customer service, ensuring the customer is at the heart of every decision
• Confident and personable telephone manner with strong customer engagement focus
• Effectively manage own time & work independently on a variety of tasks & vacancies
• Ability to manage and take accountability for a complex and ever changing workload
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, both verbal and written
• Ability to influence and negotiate professionally with confidence
• Self-motivated & able to work under pressure with excellent resilience skills
• A can-do attitude with strong initiative and problem solving skills
• Flexible, proactive and enthusiastic approach to dealing with all recruitment matters
• Enjoy contributing to a friendly, supportive and dedicated team

Desirable requirements

Some or all of the below skills, will be of benefit however these are not essential.

• A sound knowledge and a passion for using social media
• Coaching or mentoring others
• Creative thinking
• Supervisory experience
• Delivering constructive feedback
• Problem solving
• Training and development of others
• Commercial Awareness

In this role you get a great sense of pride knowing that you have helped shape someone's career with us. Everyone is someone at Debenhams, who will you be?

Location:

This role is based in our Taunton Support Centre, Bedford House, Park Street, TA1 4DB.

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Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Up to 25% discount (after qualifying period)
• 31 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Company pension scheme
• Onsite subsidised restaurant
• Access to excellent in house training that will really progress your career!