Job Introduction
This is an exciting time to be joining Colas Ltd. As the business grows, the resourcing function is going through transformation and reviewing our service to our customers. We are looking for a resourcing partner to join us on this journey and help us improve everything we do as a function.
The key focus of this role is to deliver the resourcing strategies across all business units within Colas Ltd. This role will be recruiting for specialist positions as well as high volume roles, including permanent and temporary opportunities from junior to senior level roles.
Main Responsibility
The Resourcing Partner will work closely with the regional team and managers up to director level, ensuring the people strategy is met through sourcing relevant skills to meet strategic objectives and building good relationships to support the business’ recruitment needs.
As well as being responsible for the end to end recruitment process for your area of the business, you’ll also be involved in continuous improvement projects within the function. These projects include PSL reviews, candidate engagement and attraction strategies.
The Ideal Candidate
You’ll be a subject matter expert across all areas of recruitment and resourcing. It’s likely you’ll have a background within in-house recruitment and ideally, within the construction and civil engineering sector. You should be a proven resourcing practitioner with the ability to constructively challenge an approach and offer workable and creative solutions and be able to find new solutions to historic issues.
You’ll bring proven partnering experience with stakeholders at all levels and have excellent relationship management skills.
Experience of working with employer branding projects would be an advantage. You should be competent with direct sourcing skills within competitive markets and be able to produce ad-hoc project level reporting as needed.
Your communication skills, both verbal and written, will be first class and you’ll be able to influence outcomes through your relationships.
Package Description
Colas are offering a great package with this role, including:
- Car or car allowance
- A generous pension contribution
- Life assurance cover (x4 basic salary)
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (with the option to buy/sell more)
- Flexible working
- Opportunity to study towards a professional qualification fully funded
- Ongoing training and personal/professional development
- Discounts on car leasing, holidays, cinema tickets, restaurants and much more through our online employee benefits portal
About the Company
Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people including over 1500 in the UK across multiple sites. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a ‘Gold Investor in People’ award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.
Colas is fully committed to promoting equality and diversity and maintaining a culture of fairness, transparency and respect for all employees, clients, communities, suppliers, contractors and other stakeholders. Colas aims to be inclusive, meet diverse needs and promote awareness and ownership in the workplace and the communities in which we serve.
Colas values the strength and differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and believes that by harnessing these differences, we will foster a productive environment where equity and mutual respect are intrinsic, where talents are being fully utilised and organisational goals are met.
