Resourcing Advisor (Data & Governance)

Job Details:

Job Reference: HCC624068

Salary Range: £34,273 - £37,570 pro-rata, per annum (actual salary £23,158 - £25,386 per annum)

Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)

Hours per week: 25 (across a minimum of 4 days)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 15 September 2026

Interview Date: 1 October 2026

The Role:

The Adults' Health and Care (AHC) and Children's Services (CSD) Directorates provide vital support to some of the most vulnerable members of our communities. Effective workforce and recruitment governance are essential to ensuring we have the right people in the right roles at the right time to deliver our services.

As a Resourcing Advisor (Data & Governance), you'll play a key role in managing our recruitment governance processes and maintaining accurate workforce information. You'll oversee the Permission to Recruit (PTR) process, maintain organisational blueprints, provide advice and guidance to managers and stakeholders and produce regular workforce and recruitment reporting.

Working closely with managers, colleagues and senior leaders, you'll help ensure workforce data is accurate, recruitment activity is managed in line with agreed controls and decision making is supported by reliable information and insight. Alongside this you’ll also help deliver continuous improvement through the development of tools, processes and ways of working that enhance our efficiency.

What you’ll do:

• Manage the Permission to Recruit (PTR) process, ensuring requests are progressed in line with agreed governance and establishment controls.
• Act as the first point of contact for enquiries relating to PTRs and organisational blueprints.
• Maintain workforce establishment data, ensuring information is accurate and up to date.
• Produce monthly and quarterly workforce and recruitment reports.
• Carry out data quality checks, investigate discrepancies and maintain robust governance standards.
• Build effective relationships with managers and stakeholders, providing advice and support on recruitment and workforce processes.
• Contribute to improving reporting, processes and ways of working across the team.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of working with workforce, HR or recruitment data and producing management information, with strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse, reconcile and interpret large datasets.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work independently whilst managing competing priorities.
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within governance processes and ensuring compliance with agreed procedures.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Experience of working in local government, HR, recruitment or workforce planning would be beneficial.

Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the Resourcing Advisor (Data & Governance) role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.

Why join us?

• Be part of a service that enables our directorates to make a real difference to vulnerable adults and children across Hampshire.
• Enjoy a flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment with hybrid working.
• Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• A competitive benefits package that includes generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK.

Other roles you may have experience of may include: Workforce Planning & Governance Lead, Recruitment & Workforce Planning Lead, Workforce Insight & Planning Manager, Workforce Improvement & Governance Lead, Workforce Intelligence Lead, Workforce Performance & Governance Manager, Resourcing & Workforce Planning Lead, Recruitment Strategy & Governance Lead, People Data & Insights Lead, or Workforce Information & Insight Manager, Business Improvement Officer, Business Improvement Manager

Additional Information:

Resourcing Advisor (Data & Governance) Candidate Pack

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

For general enquiries, please contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Fiona Bostock, Resourcing Team Manager on fiona.bostock@hants.gov.uk

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.