Job Title: Recruitment Advisor
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
DBS Check Level: Basic
Salary Range: £43,585.15 to £55,626.26
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 31/08/2026
Job Overview
Are you passionate about recruitment and keen to play a key role in building the future of the Jersey Public Service? We’re looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Advisor to join our Operational Recruitment team.
As an Advisor in the Operational Recruitment Team, you’ll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from advertising roles through to onboarding the successful candidate, while ensuring robust pre-employment checks and safeguarding standards are consistently met. Working closely with hiring managers and candidates, you’ll deliver a seamless and efficient recruitment process, with a strong focus on compliance, safer recruitment practices, and a positive and engaging candidate experience at every stage. You will also act as a key point of contact for recruitment enquiries, providing timely and accurate advice to candidates, employees and hiring managers through a range of communication channels.
Please note that interviews are currently planned to take place during the week commencing 14th September 2026.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Craig Jobson at C.Jobson2@gov.je or Richard McCracken-Stroud at R.McCracken-Stroud@gov.je.
Job Specific Outcomes
- Deliver end-to-end recruitment activity, ensuring vacancies are filled in a timely, cost-effective and compliant manner.
- Provide advice and guidance on recruitment matters and related employment policies, ensuring managers and employees receive accurate information and support in line with organisational policy, legislation and best practice.
- Provide guidance and support to employees and line managers through telephone, email and online channels, enabling effective recruitment activity and decision-making.
- Prepare and issue contractual documentation relating to appointments and recruitment-related employment variations.
- Ensure all work undertaken complies with the department's SLA’s, objectives and relevant legislation in order to achieve a consistent customer experience across the department.
- Undertake a range of ad-hoc work as required on projects or change initiatives to contribute to the development and improvement of service delivery.
- Ensure safeguarding processes are promoted and implemented to protect vulnerable adults and children.
Job Description
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
Extraordinary, every day.