HR Recruitment Advisor – Strategic Projects


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£30,485 - £30,485
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Southampton
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	20 Aug 2026
Closing date:	6 Sept 2026

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Summary

Can you provide clear recruitment advice and guidance to hiring managers?

Do you enjoy supporting recruitment campaigns from vacancy creation through to onboarding?

Have you juggled multiple campaigns simultaneously, whilst maintaining a high-quality service?

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking a HR Recruitment Advisor – Strategic Projects to join our busy recruitment team. This is an exciting opportunity to support recruitment activity across the Agency, advising hiring managers and helping to deliver compliant, effective and candidate-focused campaigns. You will play a key role in supporting vacancies from initial planning through to advertising, assessment, pre-employment checks and onboarding. Working closely with colleagues across HR, Communications and the wider business, you will help ensure the MCA attracts the talent it needs while maintaining high standards of governance, service delivery and customer care.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers

As a HR Recruitment Advisor – Strategic Projects, you will provide guidance and administrative support to hiring managers, helping them run effective, compliant recruitment campaigns. You will manage campaign activity, support assessment and advertising approaches, contribute to recruitment governance and use data and best practice to improve service delivery across the MCA.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Acting as a key point of contact for hiring managers, providing recruitment advice and campaign support.

Supporting vacancy creation, advertising, assessment design, pre-employment checks and onboarding activity.

Ensuring recruitment activity is consistent, compliant and aligned to MCA, DfT and Civil Service requirements.

Creating, reviewing and supporting recruitment governance processes, using HR data to inform decisions.

Building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including DfT’s Recruitment Hub.

Working with Communications colleagues to support recruitment marketing and social media activity.

Proactively sourcing candidates for specific roles using available recruitment tools and platforms.

Supporting recruitment training and attendance at job fairs or educational institutes where required.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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