Trainee People Team Administrator
Application Deadline: 28 May 2025 Department: People Team Location: PURPLE London Compensation: £27,500 / year
Description
As Trainee People Team Administrator, you will work closely with and support our global teams in APAC, the US, and UK in providing full-cycle support for a global team of 210 people.
Your role will give you full insight and training on how to support a global team, covering administration, payroll, learning & development, and talent acquisition. This integral role will support the recruiting function and contribute to the overall success of the team by providing a high-level candidate experience, administrative support, and delivering operational excellence to the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with managing the recruitment process, including preparing job adverts, advertising roles, screening applications, and liaising with candidates.
- Coordinate data for special projects such as salary & benefits benchmarking and job description streamlining.
- Assist with UK Payroll processing.
- Coordinate global learning & development programs.
- Assist with day-to-day People Team administration.
- Coordinate recruitment referencing.
- Prepare weekly People Team reports.
- Coordinate global organization charts.
- Assist in managing the company career page and LinkedIn Recruiter account.
- Assist with the Intern Programme in both the US and UK.
- Oversee the ATS system, ensuring that content and data are up to date.
- Assist with job posting and advertisement processes.
- Screen applications and select qualified candidates for entry-level roles and internships.
- Schedule interviews; oversee preparation of interview questions and other hiring and selection materials.
- Answer day-to-day HR queries.
- Maintain all employee information/updates with 100% accuracy to feed into monthly payroll.
- Manage on- and offboarding processes.
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
- Be a professional organizer who enjoys detail.
- Be evangelical about HR systems (ideally HiBob).
- Love finding solutions.
- Understand the importance of 100% confidentiality.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Passionate about ensuring all Purple employees have the support they need to flourish in their roles.
- Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, and other related tools.
- An interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion is desirable.
- An interest in the creative sector, fashion, or public relations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Why PURPLE? PURPLE is a global lifestyle communications agency with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Hong Kong, and Singapore. For more than two decades, PURPLE has been the leader in culturally connected, results-driven brand communications. With the original founding team still leading the business, we bring together our cross-generational and diverse personal networks globally to connect people and brands, build strategy, and drive commercial success.
Our in-house talent pride themselves on their international networks, working collaboratively across luxury and creative industries to deliver game-changing earned media campaigns that are always bespoke, non-traditional, and often provocative. Understanding the world of luxury and the ever-evolving possibilities to lead in the space, we offer connected services across Communications, Events, social media, Partnerships, and VIP & Talent.
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