Set leadership of an outsourced recruitment programme with clear client, team and hiring-decision boundaries.
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Probation period
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Role-specific duties
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Working hours
Standard and flexible working arrangements.
Holiday entitlement
Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.
Confidentiality
Client and company confidentiality.
Disciplinary process
Clear process and employee rights.
Notice periods
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When to use this contract
Coordinate controlled RPO hiring delivery, maintain well-led embedded recruitment team, and deliver transparent client performance and risk reporting.
Workplace context: Recruitment office, approved home workspace, client meetings and authorised remote recruitment systems.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering client scope sites and travel. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering team SLAs and service governance. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering client systems candidate data and confidentiality. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering suppliers budget and decision authority. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.
Not a fit / obtain specialist advice
Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The manager cannot make client employment decisions beyond delegation, remove mandatory controls, share client data externally or commit suppliers and spend without authority. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.
What to prepare before you issue it
the client functions locations and hiring volumes
the RPO team and reporting structure
the ATS VMS and access arrangements
the SLAs quality and experience measures
the supplier budget and exception limits
the client HR compliance and executive routes
Day-to-day operating brief
What Resourcing Manager (RPO) work looks like in practice
An RPO Resourcing Manager leads recruiters delivering part or all of a client's hiring service. The role aligns workforce demand, sourcing, assessment, candidate experience, suppliers and management reporting while operating inside client systems and governance. Terms should identify client scope, locations, team, SLAs, data access, budget and supplier authority, travel and escalation when client instructions conflict with agreed process or employment controls. The manager supports hiring decisions but should not assume client authority that the outsourcing agreement does not grant. Embedded delivery creates two sets of priorities: the employee's RPO leadership and the client's day-to-day demand. Escalation should resolve conflicts transparently so recruiters are not left choosing between incompatible instructions or hidden service measures.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Lead recruiters assigned to the client.
Translate workforce plans into delivery priorities.
Manage sourcing assessment and candidate experience.
Monitor SLAs suppliers and process quality.
Maintain client governance and reports.
Escalate data compliance and decision conflicts.
A realistic working scenario
A client leader asks the RPO team to bypass approved advertising and assessment for a preferred person. The manager documents the exception request and obtains authorised client governance rather than disguising the appointment.
Outputs to agree
controlled RPO hiring delivery
well-led embedded recruitment team
transparent client performance and risk reporting
Records and evidence
Workforce demand and delivery plan.
Team performance and capacity.
SLA supplier and hiring report.
Exception complaint and governance decision.
Work records.
Handover notes.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The manager cannot make client employment decisions beyond delegation, remove mandatory controls, share client data externally or commit suppliers and spend without authority.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.
Supervision
Lead recruiters assigned to the client.
Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.
Tools and systems
HR systems.
Workplace context
Recruitment office, approved home workspace, client meetings and authorised remote recruitment systems.
Contract priorities
client scope sites and travel
team SLAs and service governance
client systems candidate data and confidentiality
suppliers budget and decision authority
Information the employer should prepare
the client functions locations and hiring volumes
the RPO team and reporting structure
the ATS VMS and access arrangements
the SLAs quality and experience measures
the supplier budget and exception limits
the client HR compliance and executive routes
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.
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The facts this Resourcing Manager (RPO) contract is built around
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Work setting
Recruitment office, approved home workspace, client meetings and authorised remote recruitment systems.
Primary duties
Lead recruiters assigned to the client.
Translate workforce plans into delivery priorities.
Manage sourcing assessment and candidate experience.
Monitor SLAs suppliers and process quality.
Tools and training to confirm
HR systems.
Governance focus
Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering client scope sites and travel. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering team SLAs and service governance. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering client systems candidate data and confidentiality.
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Resourcing Manager (RPO) duties
Coordinate controlled RPO hiring delivery, maintain well-led embedded recruitment team, and deliver transparent client performance and risk reporting.
Lead recruiters assigned to the client. Translate workforce plans into delivery priorities. Manage sourcing assessment and candidate experience. Monitor SLAs suppliers and process quality. Maintain client governance and reports.
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What is added to the finished contract
The manager cannot make client employment decisions beyond delegation, remove mandatory controls, share client data externally or commit suppliers and spend without authority.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering client scope sites and travel.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering team SLAs and service governance.
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