About the Role
The People Operations Administrator will join our People team to support the processing side of the employee lifecycle, including right-to-work checks, referencing, DBS & Professional registration renewal, contract changes, and employee data. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role ensuring accurate and timely processing of administrative tasks critical for compliance and operational efficiency as the company scales.
Responsibilities
- Process right-to-work checks, DBS renewals, professional registration, references, and mandatory training records accurately and on time.
- Keep employee data, contracts, and changes clearly and correctly documented in Humaans, our HRIS.
- Track policy sign-offs and chase outstanding actions before they become overdue.
- Flag potential issues such as missing documents, approaching deadlines, or system mismatches proactively.
- Support onboarding and offboarding processing, including contracts, system set-up, and documentation.
- Prepare accurate, timely paperwork for starters, leavers, and changes to employment.
- Support the payroll process by ensuring changes are logged correctly and on time.
- Self-check own work to ensure high accuracy.
- Identify patterns in repeated errors or bottlenecks and raise them.
- Look for opportunities to use tools and automation to reduce manual, repetitive tasks.
- Work closely with the People Ops Associate and Senior People Partners to maintain consistent records and processes.
- Manage the People inbox via Zendesk, responding to routine employee queries and escalating complex issues.
Requirements
- Strong administrative background, including some HR admin experience.
- Experience working within a large organisation with mature, established processes.
- Comfortable with high-volume, repetitive administrative work.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy under volume.
- Understanding of the importance of compliance and appropriate handling of confidential employee data.
- Comfortable learning and working within an HRIS (Humaans).
- Good written communication for routine employee correspondence.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Accuracy
- Compliance
- HRIS
- Written communication
- Administrative background
- HR admin experience
- Process management
- Problem-solving
- Solutions mindset
Location
- Hybrid working: three days in the London office (Mon/Wed/Thu) and two days remote.
- Office: 140 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry level
- Mid level
Salary/Compensations
- £35,000 per year (with flexibility based on experience)
Benefits
- Salary reviews
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Equity through Share Options
- Optional Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Home Office Equipment Allowance
- 37 days of annual leave (28 standard days, plus eight bank holidays, plus your birthday off)
- Option to buy up to 5 additional days of leave
- 2 days per year of special leave
- Premium performance company laptop
- NHS discounts, including the Blue Light Card
About the Company
- Paloma's mission is to make NHS autism and ADHD assessments and care accessible within 4 weeks of a GP referral, helping every child achieve their potential.
- In May 2026, Paloma reduced waits to 3 months by taking a product-first approach, building in-house technology (including an AI documentation tool), and investing in clinician workforce expansion.
- Paloma is loved by families (4.9/5 Trustpilot and Google ratings), CQC registered, clinically-led with over 80 clinicians, and backed by leading healthcare investors.
- The company is community-driven, with passionate, mission-driven, and innovative team members.
- Paloma aims to further reduce wait times for assessments and build new services to support families and children after diagnosis.
Equal Opportunity
- Paloma Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and throughout the application process.
- We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic.
- Paloma Health ensures that supporting people to be safe is at the heart of our work and a key priority.
- As part of our pre-employment checks, you will be asked to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at Enhanced, Standard or Basic level depending on your role.
- We are committed to safer recruitment practices and expect all applicants to share our dedication to safeguarding.
