Recruitment and People Team Assistant (8 month FTC)

Recruitment and People Team Assistant (8 month FTC)

Application Deadline: 20 October 2026

Department: People

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: London

Compensation: £29,000 / year

Description

As Recruitment and People Team Assistant, you will provide proactive administrative and coordination support across the People Team. Working closely with the Senior Talent Acquisition Manager and HR team, you will help to deliver a smooth, positive experience for candidates and colleagues by keeping processes running efficiently and accurately.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys blending strong organisational skills with creativity. You'll play a key role in attracting top talent, enhancing internal processes, and leveraging digital tools to drive efficiency and innovation.

You will thrive in this role if you are detail-focused, comfortable juggling multiple priorities, and happy to take ownership of routine tasks that make a big difference to the overall employee and candidate experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support across the People & Talent team, ensuring tasks are completed accurately and efficiently.
• Coordinate the end-to-end recruitment process, including scheduling interviews, managing candidate communications, screening applications, and supporting hiring managers with shortlists.
• Act as the first point of contact for candidate enquiries, providing a professional and responsive candidate experience.
• Coordinate onboarding activities, including preparing new starter communications and letters, arranging inductions, and supporting a seamless onboarding experience.
• Maintain accurate recruitment and people-related records, including the recruitment tracker and reporting.
• Update and maintain People & Culture content on our intranet, working with the wider People team to ensure information remains accurate and engaging.
• Create and manage candidate attraction content for the HarperCollins LinkedIn page and other digital channels.
• Upload and maintain training content on the internal learning management system and collate feedback to support continuous improvement of learning initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and contribute ideas that enhance the candidate and employee experience.
• Support ad hoc People admin tasks, projects and initiatives, including diversity and inclusion activities and engagement with schools and universities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience in an administrative, coordination, or support role.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when handling data, documents, and confidential information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a professional and approachable manner.
• Confident using Microsoft 365 and other digital tools, with the ability to quickly learn new systems and technologies.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach, with the initiative to identify improvements and embrace new ways of working.
• A collaborative team player who can also work independently when required.
• An interest in people, recruitment, and talent development.

Benefits

HarperCollins operates a hybrid working policy where employees are expected to work from our London office three days per week.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.