Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges (AoC) exists to represent and promote the interests of Colleges and provide members with professional support services. As such, we aim to be the authoritative voice of Colleges based on credible analysis, research, advocacy and consultation with Colleges and the first choice destination for guidance and advice for members. AoC was established in 1996 by Colleges themselves as a voice for further education and higher education delivered in Colleges at national and regional level. AoC Create AoC Create, is AoC s commercial subsidiary company, has 0 years experience of supporting colleges. It has four distinct, first-class services: executive recruitment, interim management, training and consultancy and events. AoC Create uses its extensive network to recruit many senior staff annually for colleges, including principals, leaders and interim managers. Working alongside AoC's policy experts, AoC Create knows about the issues and legislative changes affecting the sector before its competitors do. AoC Create invests all its profits back into AoC so when colleges commission AoC Create, they are helping the sector to thrive. More than 6,500 college professionals attend its conferences, workshops and training programmes every year. JOB DSCRIPTION Recruitment Manager (Consultancy) Job Purpose: Responsible for ensuring the deployment/placement of Consultants, ensuring the accurate matching of said individuals to College specific need, coordination of logistics and evaluation following placement. Responsible for leading on specific tenders linked to the broader consultancy offer whilst ensuring that we maximise current client relationships, and develop new relationships within colleges and associated organisations. 1 P a g e Recruitment Manager (Consultancy)
Department / Directorate Reports To AoC Create Recruitment Manager (Interim Management) People Management Direct Reports: None Indirect Reports: None Monetary Responsibility xternal Key Contacts Internal Key Contacts Annual targets for matching and deploying consultants Decision makers within Colleges Wider AoC Create team Divisional Directors Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities: Grow and develop the business, within Consultancy Proactively build relationships with prospective clients through telephone, face to face meetings and marketing campaigns Respond quickly and accurately to clients consultancy requirements Accurately match consultants to College and associated organisations specific needs Lead on the production of tenders and proposals linked to broader consultancy offer Responsible for business development meetings with current and prospective clients. Including leading on Pitches/Presentations to secure consultancy projects. Proactively build a strong database of consultants Regular and consistent communication with database of consultants Quality check consultants through interview, testing, quality audits and references Proactively cross sell wider AoC Create solutions to key clients and promote the AoC Create brand Any other duties that could reasonably be required P a g e Recruitment Manager (Consultancy)
PRSON SPCIFICATION Competencies Competency Working with others Communicating with others Influencing Min Level for the job (Level 0-4) ffective behavioural examples (taken from the Core Competency Framework) Promotes knowledge sharing within and beyond own team. Devotes time to others, listens to their views. Achieves full understanding of others their needs, roles, responsibility. Listens, clarifies to check understanding. Uses the most appropriate method, language, medium and style of communication for the situation and people involved ncourages and provides constructive feedback to improve performance Takes approaches that are effective in meeting business and individual needs Making effective decisions Analysing and interpreting information Planning and organising Takes quick and well thought through decisions, seizes opportunities to move things forward Thinks through the impact of decisions Applies specialist and detailed expertise. Actively promotes knowledge sharing and ensures that self and team(s) take account lessons learned nsures delivery against plans and forecasts accurately Deadlines are met, prioritising effectively when issues or P a g e Recruitment Manager (Consultancy)
timescales conflict Taking personal responsibility Upholding ethics and values Coping with pace, setbacks and change Holds self and others fully accountable for standards of performance Successfully deals with a range of difficult and often complex situations without support or guidance form others Upholds principles of fairness and equality Acts with complete integrity Adjusts quickly when priorities changes and takes prompt corrective action when things go awry Adapts well to pressured situations and executes good control Additional Requirements Description ssential Desirable ducation/ Qualifications/ Professional Bodies GCS nglish GCS grade C and above or equivalent ducated to degree level or equivalent Graduate qualification in either HR or show demonstrated breadth and depth of experience in recruitment of middle to senior interim managers or consultants Knowledge Skills and xperience Demonstrate breadth and depth of experience of the effective recruitment of senior personnel, interim managers and/or consultants within a complex sector/ environment xperience of working in Further ducation Sector D Recruitment xperience of selling with ability to persuade and influence to a senior level and pitching business proposals Confident Presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas concisely, clearly and persuasively Highly organised with strong administration skills and experience of managing a busy workload and effectively 4 P a g e Recruitment Manager (Consultancy)
meeting short and long term priorities xcellent written communication skills with excellent nglish Grammar and the ability to communicate persuasively to a senior level in written format including business proposal writing. Computer confident, proactive and enjoys learning new IT systems, good skills and knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, xcel and PowerPoint xperience of databases/ website communication systems/ IT Recruitment software Attributes Demonstrates respect for equality of opportunity & diversity and works to actively promote an inclusive work environment & good working relationships amongst staff Actively works to support and develop staff under their management. Demonstrates an interest in Further ducation Demonstrates commitment to own learning and continuous improvement through training and development. D Acknowledgement This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of the work performance by employees within this post. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications / experience required by employees assigned to the role. These may be subject to future amendments following appropriate consultation 5 P a g e Recruitment Manager (Consultancy)