People Coordinator

You will be joining a lean and strategic People team who support all departments within our global publishing business. We prioritise our employees' growth, well-being and development, ensuring they are central to everything we do. Your role: In this generalist role you will work closely with the People Partners and the Head of People on maintaining and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of HR operations, including payroll and onboarding processes, directly impacting employee satisfaction and operational smoothness. Your key responsibilities: Your key responsibilities will include HR process management, supporting the development of DEI practices across the business, contributing to the development of HR policy and procedures and maintaining communication and administrative efficiency within the HR team and the broader organisation. Day to day you can expect:

• Being the first point of contact for employees across the business regarding HR queries
• Accurate and timely HR system management and payroll processing
• Running the structured onboarding and induction process to integrate new hires into the company culture
• Effectively managing the end-to-end maternity/paternity/adoption/family leave cycle transition
• Providing support and advice on employee relations matters as needed
• Contributing to the ongoing development of HR policy, process and procedures to support the business
• The opportunity to support the implementation of a wide range of People projects across the company.
  
  Demonstrable experience working at an HR Assistant level
• A good understanding and knowledge of HR policies and procedures
• An understanding of current and forthcoming employment law issues
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to establish credibility with all levels in the organisation
• Familiarity with using HR information systems and updating records on a regular basis
• Experience managing monthly payroll processes
• Knowledge of data protection and privacy laws
• Experience maintaining HR systems and ensuring all records are up to date on a monthly basis, including making necessary changes for payroll
• Excellent administration skills and attention to detail
• A sound working knowledge of Gmail and Microsoft Office applications, including MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Access databases.
Desirable skills we'd love you to have:
• An understanding of and commitment to embedding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practices into every aspect of the people processes.
  
  We pride ourselves not just in winning awards and publishing the bestselling books in the market, but also on the wellbeing and satisfaction of everyone who works with us. This is a company where all voices are heard and new, creative ideas are welcomed.
We seek to recruit and develop talent from all backgrounds, creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. This has a profound impact on our perspective and ideas, encouraging us to learn from each other and to nurture the best talent leading us to publish books that appeal to the broadest possible readership. Our mission is to publish the very best authors and illustrators successfully and sustainably because we believe that books enrich people's lives and help build empathy and understanding. Our values To ensure that everyone who works at Pan Macmillan delivers on our mission and shares the same goals, we have developed a set of values that define our working culture and are the foundation of our publishing. These values were derived in consultation with the whole company and they are deliberately illustrated in a circle to underline a lack of hierarchy in importance.

In return we can offer you a range of great projects, a supportive and collaborative working environment as well as a competitive salary and benefits package.,
• 28 days' annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Group income protection scheme
• Enhanced family pay and leave
• Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish on a Friday during summer months)
• 2 Volunteer Days per year
• 75% off all Pan Macmillan books and regular staff book sales (highly reduced rates)
• Season ticket loan/advance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on shopping, Tastecard+ and gym memberships; Christmas club savings
• Daily free breakfast and monthly company lunch
This is a full time, permanent role, and will be based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week. All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.