Recruitment & Marketing Consultant

You will be joining the Recruitment & Attraction team, focusing on our digital marketing and social media presence as an employer.

Both roles will give you the opportunity to evidence the impact that creative, brave and targeted approaches can have on recruitment and talent pipelining. You’ll help demonstrate our value as a team and how we can make a difference to the council by helping provide the right talent to support and run services.

You’ll be given the autonomy to develop ideas, plan and deliver activity, while working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders. Opportunities for development will be provided, allowing you to learn, share skills and ideas, and collaborate to create new and exciting approaches.

These roles will put you in a position to drive our commitment to a diverse workforce and the delivery of an inclusive recruitment process. You’ll also have the opportunity to support the council’s commitment to our climate and ecological priorities, identifying how these can be promoted and lived as part of our recruitment approach.

What you can expect to be doing:

You will:

• use your knowledge of digital marketing and/or recruitment to support activity that attracts, engages and connects with target audiences
• for the Social Media & Employer Brand role, coordinate a forward plan of content, tailor activity to different audiences, schedule and optimise content, and use paid promotion where required to increase reach
• for the Talent Attraction & Candidate Experience role, support recruitment campaigns, identify improvements to the candidate journey and use insight to help us attract and retain talent
• have the opportunity to identify new tools, partnerships and approaches, from creating relationships with external organisations to supporting events and campaigns
• use technology and emerging digital approaches to support an efficient and effective recruitment process
• keep up-to-date with trends and changes in the industry to ensure that our approaches remain relevant and make the most of the tools available to us
• evidence our success, savings, learning and identify where we can improve through data collection, reporting, case studies and feedback.

As a small team, you can expect to support with a variety of activity including filming, whether that is on camera, phone or drone, creating graphics, copywriting, campaign planning and supporting recruitment activity. You’ll be supported, trained and offered development where needed in all these areas.

We cannot promote the organisation without our employees, so part of your role will be to promote and advocate for our work internally, including building relationships and supporting employees to share their stories.

About you:

You will be confident using digital marketing tools and/or have an interest in recruitment and candidate experience, adapting your approach to suit different audiences.

You will be brave enough to try new approaches, willing to learn from responses and use insight to adapt and improve, sharing your learning with the team.

You don’t need experience in every area. We’re looking for people who can bring their own skills, experience and passion, while being adaptable and willing to develop across the team.

For the Social Media & Employer Brand role, you may come from a digital marketing, content or communications background.

For the Talent Attraction & Candidate Experience role, you may come from a recruitment, HR, customer experience or service improvement background.

What matters most is your curiosity, creativity and desire to help people discover opportunities where they can make a difference.

This role is advertised as full time (37 hours) but I am very happy to consider part-time working, compressed hours or alternative working arrangements to suit the best outcome for the successful applicant and the team.

This role will be based in Dorchester with a hybrid approach to suit your way of working and the service. There will be a need to visit hiring managers around Dorset as well as to spend time together as a team.

If you would like an informal chat about the role to understand more, please get in touch with Sam McLaren, Recruitment & Attraction Lead, [email protected] 

The assessment process will consist of a virtual question-based interview as well as a task related to the role. More information will be provided to those taken forward to interview once the shortlisting is completed.

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At Dorset Council, we are working together to create a fairer, more prosperous, and more sustainable Dorset for everyone, now and in the future.

We:

• provide essential services that support over 300,000 residents
• work in partnership to make a real difference
• value every role and the impact it has on our communities
• support our employees to grow, develop, and thrive

You will:

• be part of a team that works together for a better Dorset
• have access to a range of benefits and support
• receive training and development opportunities to help your career progress

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where different skills, perspectives, and backgrounds strengthen both our council and the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, we will offer you an interview. We also want our recruitment process to be accessible, if you need any reasonable adjustments, just let us know on your application.

This role is UK-based, and we will need to confirm your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications, so the job title in any attachments may differ from the advert. If needed, we will provide additional details in a context statement.

If you’re passionate about making a difference, we’d love you to join us.

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