HR Assistant – Recruitment

The Sutton Trust

HR Assistant coordinating recruitment and onboarding for The Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity. Supporting organizational growth and compliance processes in a hybrid environment.

Posted 5/30/2026contractLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £30,800 - £31,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Coordinating the end-to-end recruitment process, e.g., ensuring completeness of recruitment documentation, coordinating interviews, liaising with candidates etc.
Providing routine recruitment advice and support for hiring managers, with support from your line manager
Supporting key employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, induction, probation reviews and leavers' processes
Maintaining an awareness of current employment trends, processes and best practice to support effective and inclusive recruitment and onboarding
Managing HR documentation, e.g., staff files, new starter contracts etc.
Maintaining and updating HR systems, e.g., Teamtailor ATS, Personio etc.
Supporting the Finance team with payroll administration
Supporting the coordination and monitoring of mandatory HR compliance training across the Trust
Supporting with day-to-day queries relating to HR policies and processes, with support from your line manager. Completing related research, as required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and first-class interpersonal skills
Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to multi-task
Ability to learn new systems and processes quickly
Eligible to work in the UK (see here for information about right to work, please note we are not a licensed visa sponsor)
Experience of providing administrative support, particularly in an HR capacity
Experience of managing a range of different projects
Experience of working in the education or not-for-profit sector

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual leave 27 days per annum plus bank holidays (29 days per annum for roles at 'Head of' level and above).
Pension scheme Contributory pension scheme (subject to the conditions of the scheme) which includes a 7% employer pension contribution.
Family leave Enhanced maternity, paternity/ partner, adoption, shared parental leave pay and carer's leave (conditions apply)
Flexible working Minimum 2 office days per week, plus Flexible Working Policy
Wellbeing 2 paid mental health/ self-care days, annual wellbeing workshops and access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
Other benefits include: Cycle to work scheme, life assurance cover, season ticket loans, and free tea, coffee, fruit and lunch when working from the office.

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Hard Skills & Tools

recruitment processonboardingHR documentationpayroll administrationHR compliance trainingadministrative supportproject management

Soft Skills

verbal communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillsorganisational skillsproblem-solving skillsmulti-taskingability to learn quickly