Recruitment Resourcer

Willmott Dixon are looking to recruit a Candidate Manager (Recruitment Resourcer) to join our established In-house recruitment team on a 12 month fixed term contract. You will be able to commute regularly to our office in Oldham and be able to travel to the wider business as required. We enjoy hybrid working at Willmott Dixon so you will be supported to work 1/2 days a week from home.

We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, discounted private medical life assurance, incentive bonus and sustainable car scheme/allowance.

This is an exciting opportunity to attract and recruit high quality candidates who align with Willmott Dixon’s culture to help achieve our ambitious growth and succession plans – The in-house recruitment team manage all permanent recruitment across all disciplines within the business and the successful candidate will be driven by providing a first-class candidate experience and will enjoy the following responsibilities.

• Candidate sourcing – Using applicant tracking system, advertising, referrals, and headhunting.
• LinkedIn – Managing recruitment projects on LinkedIn Recruiter, growing your network, and promoting vacancies.
• Initial screening/candidate qualification – Shortlisting and telephone/teams’ interviews to gauge candidate’s suitability and motivators
• Candidate coaching – Ensure candidates are prepared for interviews and support/guide them through the whole recruitment process.
• Creating talent pools – Using recruitment database and LinkedIn to create talent pools.
• Database management (applicant tracking system) – keep candidates updated on the process and ensure the system is regularly up to date.
• Coordination and Communication – Timely and accurate communication with all stakeholders including but not limited to Candidates, Recruitment Managers, Hiring Managers and HR teams.
• Research and Market Intelligence – Create salary/benefit comparisons for competitors and update Recruitment Managers with market intelligence.
  
  

Ensuring a positive candidate experience is crucial for attracting and retaining top talent. The Candidate Manager will contribute to this by providing timely and professional communication, offering support and guidance to candidates throughout the recruitment process, and soliciting feedback for continuous improvement.

This role would be ideal for an established Resourcer with experience of sourcing permanent candidates (within construction would be advantageous) OR a Recruitment Consultant who wants to experience working in-house, focusing on your candidate sourcing and management skills.

Essential Criteria

• A high level of organisational skills.
• A track record in recruitment and communicating with people at all levels.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good level of education to include a minimum of 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or level 5 or above.
  
  

Desirable Criteria

• Degree or equivalent level qualification.
• Experience of LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Construction Recruitment Agency or In-house recruitment experience.
  
  

Additional Information

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.

Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. You will also benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose beyond profit is to deliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, strengthen communities, and enhance the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and trusted privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe’s 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.