Talent Onboarding & Recruitment Advisor

Itchy Feet; United Kingdom, United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Itchy Feet in Guernsey/Jersey is seeking a full-time temporary People Advisor to join the People Services team for 12 months. You will support hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment journey, coordinate administration, screening, onboarding, and probation activities, ensuring timely, compliant processes.

Ideally you bring recruitment experience, strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication to manage governance, data integrity, and stakeholder

Qualifications

• A Level 3 qualification in Recruitment Practice, CIPD equivalent, or similar.
• Proven recruitment experience is required.
• Understanding of sourcing and recruitment techniques.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building across the business.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to priorities and meet targets.
• Knowledge of employment and discrimination legislation in Guernsey and Jersey.
• Desirable: diploma-level qualification and in-house recruitment experience.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry is beneficial.
• Sales or customer service experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support hiring managers throughout the recruitment process, providing guidance in line with established policies and procedures.
• Act as a key point of contact for candidates, hiring managers, recruitment agencies, and colleagues, helping to deliver a positive recruitment experience.
• Coordinate pre-employment screening, monitoring cases through to completion and resolving documentation or information requirements.
• Keep candidates informed throughout the screening process and escalating more complex cases where appropriate.
• Coordinate onboarding activities, working with managers and key stakeholders to ensure equipment, systems access, induction, and other requirements are ready for a colleague's first day.
• Support Day One activities, including identification verification and applicable onboarding requirements.
• Coordinate probation activity, including tracking key milestones, supporting managers, scheduling reviews, and issuing probation outcome correspondence.
• Maintain accurate recruitment, onboarding, screening, and probation records.
• Produce management information and reporting to support effective oversight of recruitment and People activity.
• Support recruitment events, interviews, and attraction activities where required.
• Maintain recruitment guidance, standard operating procedures, and other process documentation.
• Support audits, compliance reviews, and recruitment governance activities.
• Keep up to date with relevant recruitment legislation, regulation, and best practice.
• Identify and support opportunities to continuously improve recruitment, onboarding, and wider colleague lifecycle processes.
• Contribute to wider People Team initiatives and projects while maintaining high standards of confidentiality, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Sourcing techniques

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Level 3 qualification in Recruitment Practice / CIPD equivalent

Diploma-level qualification

Job description

Itchy Feet in Guernsey/Jersey is seeking a full-time temporary People Advisor to join the People Services team for 12 months. You will support hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment journey, coordinate administration, screening, onboarding, and probation activities, ensuring timely, compliant processes.

Ideally you bring recruitment experience, strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication to manage governance, data integrity, and stakeholder