About the Role
Our People Operations Coordinator is at the heart of the employee experience, ensuring smooth, supportive, and efficient interactions with the People Team. This role supports a 600+ employee population and focuses on managing the People Team inbox, providing first-line advice, coordinating employee lifecycle events, supporting HRIS, and generating People data insights.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate People administration across the employee lifecycle, including starters, leavers, contractual changes and internal moves.
- Maintain the Starters Log, ensuring all required documents are issued, returned and signed.
- Complete pre-employment checks, including references and Right to Work checks.
- Add new starters to the HRIS in the correct payroll period and create their electronic employee files.
- Work closely with the payroll team to ensure all employee information and payroll changes are submitted accurately and on time.
- Create a memorable Day 1 experience for new joiners, ensuring induction, equipment, and system access are in place.
- Coordinate maternity, paternity, and other family leave processes.
- Manage leaver processes and associated system and access changes.
- Manage the People Team inbox, providing timely and professional responses.
- Support People Partners by providing first-line advice on People policies and employee matters.
- Support employee relations activity by arranging meetings, gathering information, taking notes, and preparing standard letters.
- Provide first-line guidance to managers on probation and settling-in periods.
- Maintain accurate case records and trackers, ensuring follow-ups and appropriate documentation storage.
- Support People Partners in preparing engagement and leaver survey data packs.
- Recognise when an issue needs further support and involve the appropriate People Partner or team member.
- Spot common questions and themes to improve guidance and People service.
- Keep employee records complete, accurate, and up to date within the HRIS.
- Ensure employees are assigned to the correct managers, teams, and organisational structures.
- Act as the first point of contact for HRIS support.
- Play an active role in HRIS implementation, testing, upgrades, and improvements.
- Champion employee and manager self-service and help create clear guidance and FAQs.
- Maintain People trackers and reports covering headcount, vacancies, employee movements, and organisational changes.
- Produce regular People Operations analytics, including inbox themes, response trends, headcount movement, turnover, absence, and employee lifecycle activity.
- Identify trends, risks, and opportunities in data, sharing key insights and recommended actions.
- Ensure all responsibilities and actions contribute to ELEMIS’ sustainability goals across Climate, Biodiversity, and People pillars.
Requirements
- Ability to investigate, join the dots, and propose solutions to problems.
- Ability to triage incoming queries and requests, assessing risk and urgency.
- Ability to interact with diverse individuals with ease.
- Ability to explain information clearly and keep others informed.
- Ability to adjust quickly to new situations and challenges with a positive and flexible approach.
- Comfortable with large data sets and reporting.
- Ability to analyse and interpret data to support optimisation and decision making.
- Pride in data accuracy.
Skills
- Problem Solving
- Prioritisation
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Data proficiency
Location
- Head Office, London
- London Baker Street
Work Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Hybrid
- Three Days in Office
- Two Days Working From Home
- Flexible start and finish times
Benefits
- Hybrid and Flexible working
- Core hours between 10am - 4pm
- 27 days holiday per year
- Birthday day off
- Generous Staff Discount on ELEMIS products and spa treatments
- Discounts on L'OCCITANE Group products
- Excellent well-being policies
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity policies
- Income Protection
- Life Assurance
- Company Pension Scheme
- Healthcare Cash Plan (with Dental)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Length of Service Awards
About the Company
- ELEMIS is a global beauty brand.
