HR Operations & Onboarding Specialist

Human Appeal; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Human Appeal is seeking a proactive People & Culture Coordinator to support the Employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to HR systems and payroll coordination. The role requires strong organisation, data protection awareness and the ability to provide practical guidance to managers and staff.

You will work closely with the People & Culture Manager to ensure consistent policy application, compliant recruitment and continuous service improvement across the organisation, based

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating end-to-end recruitment, onboarding and employee records.
• Strong understanding of data protection and safeguarding requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment coordination from adverts to interviews and checks.
• Coordinate onboarding, contracts, checks and induction sessions for new staff.
• Administer employee lifecycle documentation and changes.
• Maintain accurate employee records in HR systems with confidentiality.
• Monitor probation and performance milestones and assist with reviews.
• Provide administrative support for employee relations matters and meetings.
• Respond to routine People & Culture queries and escalate sensitive issues.
• Coordinate payroll changes and benefits information with relevant teams.
• Support learning and development activities and maintain training records.
• Produce routine reports and workforce data for planning and decision making.
• Support policy implementation, safeguarding, and safer recruitment practices.
• Identify and implement process improvements across the team.

Skills

Recruitment coordination

Onboarding

HR systems

Data protection

Safeguarding

Communication

Organisational skills

UK employment law

Education

CIPD Level 5 qualification

Tools

BambooHR

Microsoft Office

Job description

Human Appeal is seeking a proactive People & Culture Coordinator to support the Employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to HR systems and payroll coordination. The role requires strong organisation, data protection awareness and the ability to provide practical guidance to managers and staff.

You will work closely with the People & Culture Manager to ensure consistent policy application, compliant recruitment and continuous service improvement across the organisation, based