Job detail for Resourcing Operations Recruiter

Are you passionate about connecting talented people with rewarding career opportunities?

The Resourcing Operations Team supports recruitment across the Scottish Government, its agencies and delivery bodies. Working in partnership with hiring managers and stakeholders, we deliver recruitment campaigns that attract talented individuals into roles that make a difference to the people of Scotland.

As a Recruiter, you'll play a key role in delivering end-to-end recruitment campaigns, providing expert advice and guidance to hiring managers while ensuring an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your resourcing expertise, build strong stakeholder relationships and contribute to the delivery of high-quality recruitment services across a diverse range of professions and business areas.

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• Provide advice and guidance to hiring managers on recruitment policies, processes and best practice.
• Draft and review recruitment adverts to ensure they are engaging, inclusive and aligned with organisational requirements.
• Build positive relationships with hiring managers, candidates and key stakeholders throughout the recruitment process.
• Manage a varied workload and resolve recruitment challenges, ensuring a high-quality service for candidates and stakeholders while meeting business priorities.
• Ensure recruitment processes are delivered in line with policy, governance requirements and employment legislation, identifying risks, issues and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Effectively manage your own workload while proactively supporting colleagues, sharing knowledge and contributing to the successful delivery of team objectives and recruitment outcomes.

Success Profile

Success profiles are specific to each job, and they include the mix of behaviours, experience and technical criteria (if applicable) that candidates will be assessed on.

Experience

• Experience of working collaboratively across different functions, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and contributing to efficient, customer-focused service delivery.

Behaviours

• Managing a Quality Service - Level 2
• Delivering at Pace - Level 2
• Working Together - Level 2
• Communicating and Influencing - Level 2

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here.

How to apply

Apply online, providing a CV and supporting statement (of no more than 750 words) providing evidence of how you meet the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the Success Profile above. Both the CV and the supporting statement provided will be assessed against the criteria for the role.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.  Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.

Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered

Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and job simulation

Initial review of applications is planned for w/c 12th October and Assessments are scheduled for w/c 26th October. Please be aware that these dates may be subject to change.

In the event of a high volume of applications, candidates will have their applications initially assessed against the Managing a Quality Service criteria above. Candidates who pass this initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against all criteria.

In the event of a tied interview/assessment score, merit order will be determined by score in Managing a Quality Service criteria.

Recruitment Principles

As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.

About Us

The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.

Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer.

As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

Working Pattern

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role. From October 2025, the Scottish Government will require staff in hybrid-compatible roles to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.

Security Checks

Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).

You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.

Equality Statement

We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.

Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.

Further Information

Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.

Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.

Apply before 23:59 on 11th October 2026. This post is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship Organisations only. External candidates and staff from UK Other Government Departments are not eligible to apply for this vacancy.