People and Talent Assistant

The salary for this role is £30,000. This role is being advertised as a 6 month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

Are you organised and approachable with experience supporting HR or recruitment activities? Do you enjoy working across people-focused processes, balancing administration with recruitment support? Can you manage competing priorities, communicate clearly, and support a consistent and professional candidate experience? If so, we would love to hear from you.

At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry, and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. To achieve this, we need great people, who share in our values.

As our People and Talent Assistant, you will support the People Services team with a mix of HR administration and recruitment activities. This role plays a key part in supporting candidates and employees at different stages of their journey, from responding to queries and preparing documentation to coordinating interviews and helping new starters settle in. A key focus of this role is to ensure candidates, employees, and hiring managers experience a smooth, well-organised, and professional process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• People & HR Administration
  • Managing the shared People & Talent inboxes, responding to queries or escalating as appropriate.
  • Preparing HR documentation including letters, contracts, variations, and other employment-related correspondence.
  • Providing general HR administrative support across the employee lifecycle.
  • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records, both electronic and paper-based.
  • Filing and organising HR documentation in line with data protection and retention requirements.
  • Updating and maintaining HR reports and trackers as required.
  • Ensuring HR and recruitment activities are carried out in line with data protection, confidentiality, and organisational policies.
• Onboarding & Offboarding
  • Arranging onboarding activities such as system access, inductions, and first-day schedules.
  • Supporting offboarding processes, including exit paperwork, system access removal, and documentation.
• Talent & Recruitment Support
  • Supporting recruitment campaigns from advert stage through to offer.
  • Assisting with shortlisting applications against agreed role criteria.
  • Conducting initial phone screening calls using agreed question frameworks.
  • Coordinating and booking interviews, including calendar management for hiring managers and panels.
  • Managing candidate communications, ensuring a positive and professional candidate experience.
  • Preparing and coordinating pre-employment screening checks (e.g. right to work, references).
  • Maintaining accurate candidate records within recruitment systems.

You may be required to undertake other duties assigned by your line manager as appropriate.

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Previous experience in a HR, People, or Recruitment administration role.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience using HR systems, recruitment platforms, or similar databases.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Experience supporting recruitment and selection processes.
• Knowledge of basic employment practices and HR processes.
• Experience working in a confidential or regulated environment.

You will ideally hold or be working towards CIPD Level 3 – People Practice.

As an LI employee, you will be entitled to our company benefits which include a fully remote and flexible working set up, 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days.