We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 4000 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists.

We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

Looking for a new challenge?

You may have found it! This role will sit across both our People Operations and Talent Operations team allowing the individual to gain an insight into both areas of HR. Your role will incorporate processing administration elements of the employee lifecycle from job offer through to our employee's leaving PA, alongside being responsible for all recruitment process administration. 

Within the Talent Operations team, you will be working very closely with our experienced recruiters in taking responsibility for the end-to-end interview process, delivering a superb experience to both hiring managers and candidates. This includes;

• Taking responsibility for the co-ordination of the recruitment process for large volumes of candidates from first interview through to verbal offer
• Managing and prioritising candidate and hiring manager activities to ensure a smooth running and timely process
• Extensive diary management for recruiters, hiring managers and interviewers working with multiple time-zones
• Raising complex purchase orders for agencies and search firms
• Managing interview logistics – room bookings, catering requirements and scheduling internal feedback meetings

On the People Operations side, the team are the first line support for HR queries within the business and provide support to the wider people team. Within the role you will have the opportunity to:

• Get to know the business through a large number of day-to-day queries and inbox management
• Work closely with the HR team in the UK as well as liaising with key contacts within the business
• Support with the many administration processes run by our team to support our employees through their time at PA which could include offer letters and the onboarding process, family leave related policies, sickness absence, sabbaticals, promotions, right to work requirements, leavers and changes to terms and conditions of employment to name a few

Overall, we are a friendly and engaged team of 16, whom all operate in a busy and varied environment where no one day is the same!

About you

Demonstrable experience of any kind of busy administrative role would be an advantage. HR / recruitment experience is not required, but hugely advantageous.

• You’ll have excellent attention to detail and have well developed organisation and time management skills
• You are able to prioritise your workload and using your initiative when something unplanned comes up.
• You will be able to use information systems including, accessing, inputting, and compiling data.
• As an excellent communicator you’ll easily communicate with a diverse client group.

We know the skill-gap and ‘need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us at [email protected]

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