Job Description

Are you passionate about shaping a flexible, high-performing workforce that supports Greater Manchester's transport ambitions? Do you thrive at the intersection of recruitment, contract management, and strategic workforce planning? If so, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

Your Role

As Resourcing Partner Contingent Workforce, you'll lead the management of contractor and temporary labour across TfGM, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective resource provision. This role blends recruitment expertise with commercial oversight to optimise workforce agility and supplier performance. You'll work closely with hiring managers, HR, Procurement, and Finance to deliver strategic resourcing solutions that support both operational delivery and major transport projects.


Key responsibilities include:

Managing the Contractor Recruitment Services Framework, overseeing supplier performance, compliance, and continuous improvement. Providing expert guidance on contractor recruitment policies, IR35, and workforce planning. Leading attraction and retention programmes in partnership with third-party providers. Collecting and analysing contractor usage data, preparing reports for senior stakeholders, and supporting audits. Ensuring all contingent engagements comply with legislation and TfGM policies, identifying and mitigating associated risks.

For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.

Who are we?

You'll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking team that plays a vital role in delivering safe, efficient, and inclusive transport services across Greater Manchester. This role offers the chance to influence how TfGM attracts and manages talent, with a direct impact on public service delivery. You'll work in a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and cross-functional collaboration.

What you'll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.


You'll bring strong experience in contractor recruitment and contract management, with a deep understanding of relevant legislation including IR35. You'll be commercially aware, strategically minded, highly credible, and confident in building relationships across departments and with external suppliers. Experience in data analysis and supplier performance management is essential. Educated to degree level and preferably MCIPD membership are required.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of 40,650 - 52,866 per annum depending on experience. You'll be part of a supportive team with opportunities for career progression, professional development, and flexible working.


This is a career-graded role, which means you'll start your career at the level 1 grade with annual increment progression and with opportunities for salary progression over time. Your progression is supported by your performance and professional development, helping you grow your career with us. In addition, you will be entitled to several other amazing benefits.


Our benefits include:

Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more. Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work. Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions. Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time. Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we'd really like to hear from you. Please provide a copy of your CV detailing your experience for the role. When completing your application form, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.


Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.


We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.


Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.


TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.


For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.