Recruitment UK Senior Manager-Operations

About the Position

We are seeking a Recruitment UK Senior Manager-Operations to oversee recruitment services, manage teams, and ensure seamless delivery in compliance with contracts.

Responsibilities

Operational Delivery

• Overall day to day delivery of the services ensuring KPI’s are consistently delivered across multiple business units
• Monitoring the delivery of recruitment services in accordance with the contract, ensuring seamless delivery. Overseeing other service units (Compliance)
• Ensuring the team is fully briefed on the contractual recruitment delivery process to include in-scope activities, KPIs, mandatory recruitment activity stages and team responsibilities
• Managing operational relationship with core leadership team
• Act as an escalation point for delivery lead to work towards any client / business exceptions
• Work with the delivery lead to ensure there is an informed view of the forward demand and delivery readiness in terms of capability/capacity
• Liaise closely with wider internal stakeholders to maintain effective relationships & achieve organizational objectives
• Risk Management of the service
• To consolidate the operational plan for assigned process streams and “cross service” supporting activities to give a consolidated plan for delivery of the service
• To deliver the service to that plan, proactively monitoring delivery and instigating corrective monitoring should the measures indicate deviation from the plan
• To report the operational service across the stakeholders
• To liaison for availability of the operational platforms required for service delivery
• Continuous Improvement & Lessons learnt
• Partnering in Change Management
• Analyzing and communicating recruitment trends, results and insights (business unit, client and external market) to drive future recruitment activity, improve compliance and reduce risk

People Management

• Recruiting, inducting and training new team members where and when required
• Ensuring effective performance optimization of all team members, ensuring all KPIs are set and appropriate development plans are devised and mentoring is provided as required
• Career planning and management for team members
• Advise and mentor team members
• Develop training plan at the team and individual level
• To motivate, lead and develop the team and encourage communication

Commercial Delivery of the Service

• Manage the operational service to the service levels defined in the contract and any subsequent work packages and change controls in conjunction with SSI’s commercial team
• Project specific commercial targets & forecast planning

Requirements

• Total Experience Expected: 10-16 years
• Core Skills:
  • Recruitment
  • Performance Optimization
  • KPIs
  • Mentoring
  • Training

Additional Information

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Job Location

• City: UK
• Country: United Kingdom

About the Company

About Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 51,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognised for its consulting, digital services and solutions. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2025, the Group generated revenues of €5.6 billion.

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