People Administrator - 6m FTC

Role: People Administrator - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: London, United Kingdom

About the role:

The People Administrator is a specialist within Oliver's People team, responsible for comprehensive HR operations across UK and EMEA. This is a role for someone who brings solid HR foundations and wants to grow within a dynamic, international team. You'll manage the full range of employee lifecycle documentation, support People Partners across core cyclical activities, and take ownership of projects as your expertise grows. Alongside the day-to-day, you'll help ensure our processes are globally aligned, audit-ready, and continuously improving.

What you will be doing:

HR Operations & Administration

• Manage employee documentation across the full lifecycle — offer letters, contracts, contract variations, and all relevant correspondence.
• Administer compliance casework, including probation, absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance management, redundancy, and TUPE documentation.
• Maintain accurate, secure, and compliant records across Sage (HRIS), Culture Amp, and Greenhouse (ATS).
• Quality-assure your own and team-generated documents, applying consistent attention to detail at every stage.
• Keep people processes audit-ready, with the employee lifecycle accurately and fully documented at all times.

Employee Lifecycle & Onboarding

• Coordinate new starter administration, inductions, and background or reference checks.
• Ensure right-to-work and data protection compliance across UK and EMEA markets.
• Continuously refine internal workflows for onboarding, offboarding, and all lifecycle events.
• Guide employees and managers through family leave processes, including maternity, paternity, and adoption.

Advisory & Business Collaboration

• Deliver accurate, compassionate, and professional HR guidance to managers and employees as a first point of contact.
• Partner with People Partners and cross-functional teams to provide timely administrative support.
• Support core cyclical activities, including performance appraisals, compensation planning, and HR audits.
• Contribute actively to team meetings, sharing knowledge and collaborating across the wider People team.
• Lead on assigned projects with support from the People Operations Partner.

Payroll & Analytics

• Action monthly payroll data transfers to People Operations and Finance, ensuring complete accuracy.
• Run reports and analyse HR metrics to deliver insights and support ad-hoc projects.

What you need to be great in this role:

• Solid, practical knowledge of HR processes and UK employment law; familiarity with EMEA markets is a plus.
• Experience administering HR documentation and managing the employee lifecycle end to end.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams at once.
• Comfortable working with HRIS platforms; experience with Sage is advantageous.
• Clear, professional communication and a collaborative, service-oriented approach — you handle sensitive matters with care and discretion.
• Confidence drawing insights from HR data, reports, and metrics.
• Professional proficiency in English; additional EMEA language proficiency is welcome.
• Proficiency with Gen AI tools relevant to HR and administrative work, used to improve output quality and efficiency.
• Experience building personal AI workflows to streamline how you work.
• An agentic approach — you break down complex tasks and find efficient solutions independently.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI outputs and apply human judgement before acting on them.

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Our values shape everything we do:

• Be Ambitious to succeed
• Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work
• Be always learning and listening to understand
• Be Results-focused to exceed expectations
• Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

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