Talent and Resourcing Lead
Talent and Resourcing Lead
Contract: Permanent
Location: Main base from Manchester City Centre + requirement to travel across GM (Hybrid working will apply)
Interviews: W/c 6th July 2026
Your role:
We have an exciting opportunity available for a Talent and Resourcing specialist to join our in-house recruitment team.
As Resourcing Lead, you will partner with hiring managers supporting them to implement effective resourcing solutions across our diverse organisation. You will play a critical role in enabling our hiring managers to deliver bespoke recruitment campaigns and strategies to meet the needs of their teams and specialisms. When it comes to routes to market and recruitment strategies, you will have creative licence and the autonomy to innovate, to try different approaches to enable the GMCA to attract and select the best Talent for our vacancies.
Your support will span across the whole recruitment cycle - starting at initial planning and Job Design (including Job Evaluation) right through to the induction of our new starters.
Your role will be varied and alongside recruiting for established / traditional roles, you will be involved in the recruitment and delivery of Entry Schemes, including Graduate Programmes, Apprenticeships and T-Levels - supporting our Talent Management strategy.
About you:
Our ideal candidate will have a solid background in recruitment and resourcing with a keen interest in continuous improvement (candidate & hiring manager experience), doing things differently including a focus on EEDI (Equity, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity)
We are looking for someone who can make a positive impact on how we attract, recruit, and retain people across the organisation.
If you have a real passion and enthusiasm for all aspects of recruitment, driving change and making continuous improvements then we want to hear from you.
Other essential core skills and attributes include:
- People person we are looking for someone who is interpersonal, loves networking and developing positive client relationships
- Digital skills we have lots of systems and online platforms to navigate and therefore digital skills are a must
- Analytical the role will involve reviewing, reporting on and developing People & Recruitment performance Analytics
- Influencer this role will involve working at all levels of the organisation, this will include pitching proposals for change to our leadership teams and supporting established colleagues to understand the benefits of change strong influencing skills are essential
- Completer this role involves taking on and developing various projects and delivering against them against the organisations priorities
- Flexible and adaptable this role is fast paced and varied, you will be providing a variety of recruitment services to and working across a multi-functional organisation not one day will be the same.
- Inclusive equality, diversity and inclusivity is woven into our attraction, recruitment and selection delivery we want someone who shares our core values
- Further information about our ideal candidate can be found in the role profile attached below.
Our team:
We are an inclusive and passionate team and are looking for the right person who will contribute to our shared values and ambition to support the organisation to attract, recruit and retain the very best diverse talent available in Greater Manchester.
We provide attraction, recruitment, selection, and talent services across the Greater Manchester Combined Authority organisation (GMCA), including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS). The successful role holder will work closely with other Talent and Resourcing leads to deliver against the organisation’s broader recruitment and talent development ambitions including supporting the GMCA to become an employer of choice.
This is an opportunity to work closely with other recruitment and resourcing specialists in making a real difference to the future of our workforce and ultimately to the Greater Manchester city region.
About us:
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) brings together the cityregion’s ten councils and key partners including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - to deliver the Greater Manchester Strategy. Our shared vision is to create a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life. We work to grow an inclusive economy and ensure people have what they need to live happy, healthy lives, tackling inequalities. Our policy department include Digital, Economy, Education, Work & Skills, Environment, Place Making, Public Service Reform, and Safer & Stronger Communities - who are supported by our essential corporate functions like Finance, Legal & Governance, People Services, Procurement and Communications.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
Mandatory Information:
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
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Hybrid working
This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our Manchester city centre office, allocated GM Local Authority office(s), or on site in the community, with remote working, typically from home (within a reasonable commutable distance from Greater Manchester); the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.
