Early Careers Administrator

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we're building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a glance

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Entry Level

About the Role

Join our Early Careers team and play a key role in delivering an exceptional experience for students, graduates and emerging professionals joining St. James's Place. Reporting to the Head of Early Careers Programmes, you'll support the end-to-end delivery of our Early Careers programmes, spanning attraction, recruitment, onboarding and development activities.

This is a varied and fast-paced role where you'll act as a central point of contact for candidates, hiring managers and internal stakeholders. You'll help coordinate recruitment events, assessment centres, onboarding activities and learning programmes, ensuring every interaction reflects our commitment to providing a best-in-class candidate and employee experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Coordinate and support the delivery of Early Careers attraction, recruitment, onboarding and development activities across school leaver, undergraduate and graduate programmes.
• Assist in planning and delivering recruitment events, careers fairs, assessment centres and campus engagement activities, both virtually and in person.
• Manage candidate communications and provide a high-quality experience through the Early Careers inbox, SharePoint site and recruitment processes.
• Support application screening, video interview reviews and candidate assessment activities during peak recruitment periods.
• Coordinate assessment centre logistics, including scheduling, assessor engagement, venue management and on-the-day candidate support.
• Work closely with People Services and business stakeholders to ensure a seamless onboarding experience for Early Careers hires.
• Organise and track learning and development activities, maintaining accurate records and supporting programme delivery.
• Produce and maintain accurate data, reporting and feedback insights to help continuously improve the Early Careers experience and programme effectiveness.

About You

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive coordinator who enjoys building rapport and delivering outstanding experiences. You'll be comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with excellent attention to detail and sound customer service skills. You'll also be passionate about developing future talent and supporting candidates throughout their Early Careers journey.

Essential Criteria

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, competing priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to deliver a high-quality candidate and customer experience.
• Confident using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Forms, with the ability to work with data and generate insights.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience coordinating recruitment events, assessment centres, careers fairs, learning programmes or similar events.
• Knowledge of process improvement, automation tools or continuous improvement approaches within recruitment or HR processes.

Additional Information

• Occasional travel within the UK will be required.
• During busy recruitment periods, you are encouraged to support in-person assessment centres and events. This may require attending our offices several times each week.

What's in it for you?

Whatever stage of life you're in, our benefits are designed to provide the support, flexibility, and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and beyond.

In addition to our discretionary annual bonus scheme, which reflects both individual and company performance, you'll benefit from a market-leading benefits package tailored to support your wellbeing, financial security, and family life.

Our benefits include

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.

• Private Medical Insurance - company-funded cover for you and your immediate family
• Generous Pension Scheme - a non-contributory employer contribution of 10%, increasing with length of service up to 15%, plus the opportunity to increase this through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Parental Leave - up to 26 weeks' full pay to support growing families.
• Protection Benefits - company-funded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assurance
• EV salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking 'apply' below and our team will be in touch.
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