Resourcing Team Lead

The Woodland Trust is looking for an inspiring Resourcing Team Lead to join our People Team. This role is pivotal in shaping how we attract, select and onboard the very best talent for the Trust. You’ll lead and develop a team of resourcing professionals, ensuring they provide a consistently high-quality service that reflects our values and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The Role:

• Leading and motivating the resourcing team, creating a positive and collaborative culture.
• Delivering inclusive, end-to-end recruitment campaigns that secure great outcomes for hiring managers and candidates.
• Optimising our employer brand and candidate journey so that the Trust is seen as an employer of choice.
• Partnering with colleagues across People, Finance and wider directorates to ensure our workforce planning and recruitment practices are strategic, fair and sustainable.
• Using data and insights to shape decision-making, continuous improvement and future planning.
• Driving key projects that support the Trust’s long-term strategy, ensuring we have the right people in the right roles.

This role is offered on a hybrid basis. Our main office is in Grantham, Lincolnshire, but we’ll only ask you to visit when there’s a clear need-typically no more than once a month on average.

The Candidate:

You have an enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values-Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count.

We are looking for candidates who have the following:

• Proven experience in leading resourcing or recruitment services, with a strong grasp of best practice.
• A passion for delivering inclusive, values-driven hiring that champions diversity and creates a sense of belonging.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge and educate managers.
• The ability to balance hands-on delivery with strategic thinking, ensuring recruitment activity aligns with organisational goals.
• An inspiring and supportive leadership style, committed to developing others and leading by example.

Benefits & Wellbeing: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:

• Enhanced Employer Pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Buy and Sell Annual Leave
• Enhanced Parental Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees.

People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.

Please contact us to discuss any additional support or adjustments you may need to complete your application.

Application Advice: For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, we do not ask for your CV at application stage. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows how your skills and knowledge link to the specifications in the job description and you share with us your passion for the role.

Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply.

Acceptable Use Policy - Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their job applications-for example, to help structure or edit written responses. We welcome the use of AI in this way, particularly where it helps improve accessibility, such as for neurodivergent applicants. However, we ask that any information submitted reflects your own experience, skills and understanding. During interviews, candidates are expected to respond independently without the use of AI tools. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected]

Apply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on 23rd October 2025

For queries relating to this new opportunity please email [email protected].