People Specialist

Knowledge Anywhere

Recruiter / People Administrator providing HR support in a fully remote capacity. Managing recruitment, onboarding, and employee queries to enhance the overall employee experience.

Posted 4/28/2026contractRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJunior💰 £28,000 - £29,950 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the recruitment process end-to-end from obtaining approvals, supporting hiring managers in raising job requisitions, screening resumes, arranging interviews, and preparing offers. Maintain the recruitment tracker and provide data insights.
Manage the right to work checks and update visa tracker. Work with Reed screening for candidate background checks. Coordinate onboarding processes to ensure a positive experience for new hires.
Monitor the Helpdesk module of our HRIS (Peoplehub) to address employee queries efficiently and confidentially, escalating issues to People Specialist/HR Director as needed.
Prepare letters related to various employee life-cycle events using templates and/or Peoplehub, including working abroad requests, leaver letters, maternity letters, flexible working requests, and contract amendments.
Manage the UK Absence Reporting tool (Bright HR), ensuring accurate records for new starters, leavers, and changes in reporting lines.
Maintain and update employee records in Peoplehub, ensuring compliance with GDPR. Maintain the position management records in Peoplehub.
Support People Specialist with monthly payroll checking to ensure accuracy. Update Peoplehub with changes post payroll cycle.
Complete the leaver process in accordance with procedures.
Process invoices, obtain signatures and approval and pass to finance for payment, resolve queries with vendors as necessary.
Complete reference requests for current and former employees.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 12 months experience of working in an in-house recruitment role.
Excellent administrative skills, attention to detail, and organizational abilities.
Experience of using a HRIS and Applicant Tracking System is desirable.
Strong IT skills; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
Working knowledge of GDPR, UK Right to Work legislation and an understanding of how the Equalities Act impacts recruitment is desirable.
Proven track record of managing a busy inbox with the ability to prioritize workload and produce accurate, detailed work within deadlines, manage multiple tasks, demonstrating ownership and accountability. Prioritizing what’s critical versus what is important.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working hours
Remote work options
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

recruitment processdata insightsbackground checksonboarding processespayroll checkinginvoice processingreference requestsattention to detailorganizational abilities

Soft Skills

administrative skillsability to prioritize workloadownershipaccountabilitycommunication skills