Recruitment & Onboarding Manager
Grade G: £40,383 - £47,046
Contract Type: Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.
Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.
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About the Opportunity
Attract, Inspire, Deliver: Recruitment Leadership Opportunity
At Staffordshire Police, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We know that delivering an outstanding policing service starts with attracting and retaining exceptional talent.
We're looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Recruitment & Onboarding Manager to lead our recruitment and onboarding function, ensuring we continue to attract diverse, high-performing individuals who are committed to making a difference across Staffordshire. This role is a fantastic opportunity for a recruitment professional who thrives on leading teams, influencing stakeholders and driving innovative resourcing strategies within a complex organisation.
About the role
As Recruitment & Onboarding Manager, you'll lead a dedicated team responsible for delivering an exceptional candidate and onboarding experience from attraction through to joining the organisation.
Working closely with senior leaders, People Partners, HR colleagues and key stakeholders, you'll translate workforce priorities into effective recruitment and resourcing plans that help us meet both current and future organisational needs. You'll play a key role in shaping recruitment strategies, enhancing processes and ensuring our approach remains modern, inclusive and fit for the future.
This is a highly visible leadership role where you'll have the opportunity to influence organisational decisions, champion continuous improvement and ensure diversity and inclusion remain at the heart of our recruitment activity.
What you'll be doing
Leading and developing a high-performing Recruitment & Onboarding Team.
Designing and delivering innovative recruitment campaigns and specialist resourcing activity.
Creating a positive and seamless candidate and onboarding experience.
Working collaboratively with managers and stakeholders across the organisation.
Using market insight and workforce data to shape recruitment decisions.
Driving continuous improvement, efficiencies and best practice.
Developing recruitment policies and strategies that support organisational objectives.
Championing diversity, inclusion and positive action initiatives.
Representing recruitment activity within governance meetings and leadership forums.
Why join Staffordshire Police?
This is more than a recruitment role.
You'll help shape the future workforce of Staffordshire Police, ensuring we attract and retain talented people who share our commitment to public service and keeping communities safe.
In return, you'll join a supportive People & OD team where innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement are encouraged. You'll have the opportunity to influence strategic workforce decisions while developing your own leadership and professional expertise.
Ready to make a difference?
Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.
Please be advised that candidates who are successful at the shortlisting stage and invited to interview will be required to deliver a short presentation as part of the selection process. Further details will be provided in advance of the interview.
Closing date: 30th September 2026
Presentation & Interview date: 27th October 2026
If you would like further information about this vacancy or wish to discuss the role in more detail, please contact the Strategic Recruitment Lead, Paris Carruthers, at paris.carruthers@staffordshire.police.uk.
In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:
Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
- Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
- Flexible / Agile Working
- Sick pay scheme
- Fostering friendly policy
- Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
- Access to health and wellbeing support
- Eye care vouchers
- On site Gyms
- Staff associations
- Reward and Recognition
- Blue light Card
- Flexible working options
- Training and development opportunities
- Car lease scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free Parking at selected sites
- Onsite catering facilities
- Access to Staff Networks
- Union support
- Financial products and services
Please note that applications are welcomed from all suitably qualified/experienced individuals. However prior consideration will be given to applications from individuals who are ‘at risk’ and employed by Staffordshire Police. If an appointment is made from that at risk group, the post may be withdrawn. In this event, a representative from the People Services team will notify any affected applicants.
Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk
For any Recruitment queries please email hrrecruitment.team@staffordshire.police.uk
Residency Eligibility
Please note you will need to have been a resident in the UK for the last three years consecutively for RV Level roles and five years for MV Level roles (see below link around Vetting for more information)
Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:
Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)
