Session 38: HR Resourcing team in the community and promoting inclusion

Abstract

For the past 18 months the HR staff resourcing team have been establishing links with local community groups to talk about the roles we recruit to within the university and how to apply for them. We want to expand this outreach work to as many groups as possible and share the benefits of working for us to breakdown some of the preconceived ideas about what working in a university is like and reach as diverse a candidate pool as possible.

In our session we will discuss the work we have done so far to promote LJMU as a welcoming, inclusive and supportive employer in the region and reinforce our commitment to being an active community partner. We will showcase the community contacts made so far – we have engaged with the Job Centre, Transform Lives, the Growth Company, and Mersey Care to name just a few of the organisations in the Liverpool City Region. Our wider engagement has also extended to attending various job fairs and we were the only Liverpool based university to have a recruitment stand at Pride 2023. We have held sessions on application and CV writing for individuals returning to work, survivors of domestic abuse and for new mothers who hope to get into part time work.

We want to share the work we are doing with the wider university, and we would love for all students and employees to be ambassadors for the university as an employer to attract as diverse a candidate pool as possible. The employee attraction strategy is an important part of the People Plan and as a major employer in Liverpool, we want to authentically demonstrate our commitment to the community we work and live in.

HR Resourcing team in the community and promoting inclusion PowerPoint. Only LJMU staff and students have access to this resource.