HR Specialist

Solon Corporate; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Direct access to founders

Impact on early processes

Broad remit in people operations

Job summary

Solon Corporate, a growing advisory firm in London, is seeking a people-operations professional to combine recruitment, onboarding and practical support for founders and colleagues.

You will establish onboarding/offboarding checklists, maintain confidential personnel records and help implement clear policies and performance-review processes. The role offers hybrid working and broad remit across recruitment, onboarding and people operations.

Qualifications

• Relevant HR or people-operations experience in a growing professional services firm.
• Strong administration skills to keep recruitment and staff processes moving.
• Discretion and fairness when handling sensitive information.
• Clear written communication and ability to explain policies practically.
• Know when to involve specialist employment or payroll advisers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate recruitment from role briefs to offer administration.
• Build onboarding and offboarding checklists with advisers and providers.
• Maintain accurate personnel records with confidentiality.
• Help establish performance-review routines and policy channels.
• Support workforce planning and escalation to specialists when needed.

Skills

HR experience

Administration

Communication

Discretion

Policy explanation

Job description

Help build the people processes that a growing advisory firm needs. You will combine hands-on recruitment and onboarding with clear administration and practical support for the founders and colleagues.

What you will do

• Coordinate recruitment from role briefs and candidate communication through interview scheduling and offer administration.
• Build consistent onboarding and offboarding checklists, working with the relevant advisers and service providers.
• Maintain accurate personnel records and handle applicant and employee information with appropriate confidentiality.
• Help establish clear policies, performance-review routines and channels for colleagues to raise questions.
• Support workforce planning and identify employment matters that require specialist professional advice.

What we are looking for

• Relevant HR or people-operations experience, ideally in a small or growing professional-services organisation.
• Strong administration and the ability to keep recruitment and employee processes moving without losing detail.
• Discretion, fairness and good judgement when handling sensitive information or difficult conversations.
• Clear written communication and confidence explaining policies in practical terms.
• An understanding of the limits of your expertise and when to involve specialist employment or payroll advisers.

What we offer

• The opportunity to establish people processes early and see their effect on how the firm develops.
• Direct access to the founders and a broad remit across recruitment, onboarding and people operations.
• Scope to design practical systems suited to the business and improve them as the team grows.
• A full-time role based in London, with hybrid working.