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About the Role

This role is designed to shape the candidate experience at Penguin, offering support to the recruitment team and collaborating on wider outreach activities. It's an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in recruitment or other HR functions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the careers inbox, responding to candidate emails and requests.
• Forward emails to the appropriate Recruitment Partners.
• Review applications and shortlist candidates.
• Schedule and invite candidates to interviews, including booking meeting rooms and coordinating with hiring managers.
• Maintain ownership of the coordination tracker, ensuring timely task completion.
• Create job advert content for social media channels.
• Run recruitment reports and ensure systems and trackers are up to date.
• Identify opportunities to improve the administrative efficiency of the recruitment team.
• Liaise with hiring managers and stakeholders clearly and efficiently.
• Provide occasional support on outreach work and programmes.

Requirements

• Proven administrative skills.
• Strong organizational capability with excellent attention to detail.
• Great written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive and solution-oriented approach.
• Confident acting as the first point of contact for queries.
• Willingness to engage in a variety of tasks and initiatives.
• Ability to work at pace, balancing multiple tasks and timelines.
• Curiosity to learn about business teams, recruitment best practices, and inclusive hiring.
• Supportive team player with energy, positivity, and care.
• Excited by the opportunity to build recruitment experience.
• Some previous experience in an office administration role is a bonus.

Skills

• Administrative skills
• Organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Proactive approach
• Solution-oriented
• Initiative
• Ability to work at pace
• Teamwork

Location

• Embassy Gardens, London

Work Type

• Permanent
• Hybrid working

Experience Level

• Entry level

Salary/Compensations

• £29,000 plus bonus and benefits

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits

About the Company

• Penguin Random House is a company that believes in the power of authenticity and human creativity.
• They celebrate creativity and diverse perspectives.

Equal Opportunity

• As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form.