Hybrid HR & People Assistant | Onboarding & Admin

Homes For Students; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bank holidays

Retail discounts

Birthday day off

Charity days

Death in Service

Job summary

Homes for Students is seeking a People Assistant to join the People & Culture Team, delivering high-quality HR administration and transactional services across the organisation. You will support hiring managers, manage onboarding, and maintain employee records with accuracy.

The role offers hybrid working from our Fazakerley Head Office, with 9am–5:30pm hours, and opportunities to develop within a collaborative team committed to employee well-being.

Qualifications

• HR administration experience within a corporate environment.
• Understanding of the employee lifecycle and related processes.
• Awareness of employment law and related compliance.

Responsibilities

• Post vacancies to the recruitment platform and manage full cycle of administrative tasks.
• Prepare and issue contractual information, complete DBS/RTW and references checks, onboard new starters.
• Maintain accurate employee records on the HRIS and internal platforms.
• Provide first-line coaching to managers on People administration forms and procedures.
• Give initial guidance on policies to managers and colleagues, escalating when needed.
• Own the end-to-end People administration process and suggest efficiency improvements.
• Provide a complete offboarding service including termination processing and leavers administration.

Skills

HR administration

Employee lifecycle

Employment law

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Tools

HRIS

Recruitment platform

Job description

Homes for Students is seeking a People Assistant to join the People & Culture Team, delivering high-quality HR administration and transactional services across the organisation. You will support hiring managers, manage onboarding, and maintain employee records with accuracy.

The role offers hybrid working from our Fazakerley Head Office, with 9am–5:30pm hours, and opportunities to develop within a collaborative team committed to employee well-being.