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At Network Rail, we're the publicly owned operator of Britain's rail infrastructure.
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We keep Scotland moving - connecting people and places, supporting businesses, public services and communities - driving economic, social and environmental success.
Our work spans almost 20% of the UK network and between 2024 and 2029, we're investing £4.8 billion to enhance our stations and routes, supporting new passenger and freight rolling stock.
Working together with train operators, our investment will mean a more reliable, climate resilient railway; a better customer experience; and greener, more sustainable travel that links cities, towns, urban and rural communities with each other and with the wider UK.
But it's our people who make this progress possible. At Network Rail Scotland, you'll find an inclusive, supportive and flexible working culture where your ideas are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is real. Join us.
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About the role
This role is a 12-month secondment opportunity.
As a Resourcing Business Partner Support, you will see your role split between recruiting for a high volume of vacancies from approval to offer as well as supporting our Early Careers Manager in delivering our early career initiatives such as our apprentice, graduate and work experience routes.
In both instances, you will work closely with the onboarding team to address pre-employment issues and will support in all administration tasks which includes updating trackers and creating reports.
Your goal is to deliver an excellent experience for all candidates and managers whilst meeting internal deadlines, early career targets and ensuring compliance. You will be responsible for managing shared inboxes and responding to stakeholder and candidate queries. This role will give you exposure to interfacing with managers and Directors.
Maintaining data, processes, and systems with precision, accuracy, and care will be a core part of this role. You will advise hiring managers on recruitment methods and sourcing, and support in creating business engagement to sign up to early career initiatives.
Reporting into the Head of Resourcing, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of future talent pipelines and shape the experience of early careers candidates across Scotland as well as promoting Network Rail to be an employer of choice.
Travelling to various office locations or attending career events Scotland wide will be required.
Here are some of the duties your role will include: -
- Writing job adverts and using both internal and external platforms to advertise vacancies
- Advising hiring managers when roles are closing and due to be screened to continually maintain the candidate experience
- Managing candidate offers - including salary approval and benchmarking, attaching all documentation to maintain transparency and compliance
- Responding to general queries from candidates and hiring managers
- Co-ordination of the recruitment approval process prior to any roles being advertised
- Co-ordination of Recruitment Workshops, Recruitment Days for high-volume roles and supporting Early Engagement Events
- Daily housekeeping of your vacancies which can be circa 50 roles at any time
- Supporting the early careers manager with engagement and assessment activities
- Coordinating work experience placements and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation
- Engaging with schools, colleges, and universities to promote early careers opportunities
- Updating trackers and creating reports to present at monthly meetings
- You will be a confident and enthusiastic self-starter with excellent organisational and communication skills, capable of working independently and proactively. We will be looking for you to demonstrate your ability to deal with a variety of duties and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
How to Apply: -
Salary: £31,000 per annum.
Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
Closing date: Midnight of 28th October 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.
Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.
Please note the recruitment process for this role is a competency-based interview. If any additional stages or testing/assessments are to take place, you will be notified of these.
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We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone! Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information.
Assessment Format: -
Please note: This role involves a two-stage selection process designed to give you a full picture of the team and the position:
- First In-Person Interview - Meet with one half of the team to discuss your experience and skills
- Final In-Person Interview - Connect with the other half of the team for a deeper conversation about the role and culture.
Your experience and skills
What you will bring to the role: -
- Demonstrable experience of working in a recruitment environment whilst providing a good candidate experience in a fair and consistent way
- Excellent communication skills. We will be looking for demonstrable experience of posting on internal and external social media channels
- Experience of working to deadlines in a volume orientated resourcing/recruiting environment
- Proven organisational and process management experience
- Proven experience of Microsoft Office and utilisation of applicant tracker systems
- Previous experience in database and administrative process management for uploading resourcing documents.
It's desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -
- A basic knowledge of relevant employment law and the employment marketplace.