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Responsibilities
As the Recruitment and Operations Associate, you will be a crucial part of the operations team, splitting your time between recruitment and people operations (two thirds) and programme operations (one third). Responsibilities of the role include:
Recruitment and People Operations
- Administration of our seasonal staff recruitment from end-to-end, including attraction, assessment, onboarding, and compliance
- Co-ordinate attraction for all junior seasonal and consultancy staff
- Conduct the bulk of our junior seasonal staff shortlisting, including reviewing applications and conducting interviews
- Co-ordinate our seasonal staff assessment centres
- Administer the compliance of our seasonal and consultancy staff, including DBS checks, reference checks, and administration of our Single Central Records in line with current legislation
- Draft rotas for our seasonal staff team including tracking leave requirements
- Co-ordinate the administration of seasonal staff payroll
- Co-ordination and completion tracking of training for full-time and seasonal staff
- Maintain system management and maintenance for our recruitment portal (Eploy), our job board accounts, TES and iHASCO training platforms, our rotating platform (Deputy), DBS platform (CareCheck) and SCR platform
- Support on administration and review of HR policies, Employee Handbook, contracts, and letters of engagement for seasonal and full-time staff
- Support the day-to-day HR operations across the business
- With the wider People Operations team, stay up to date with the latest employment law updates and best practice in line with legislation
Programme Operations
- Manage venues for a selection of InvestIN’s Summer Experience programmes, including maintaining existing relationships and sourcing and negotiating new venues
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders, including transport providers and third-party suppliers
- Support the delivery of our Summer Experiences and weekend Insight Days
- Plan programme budgets, including negotiating costs with a commercial mindset, and reviewing and processing invoices
- Co-ordinate with the programme team to manage operations before, during, and after events
- Support the team with tracking inventory for centralised resources and managing our storage unit
- Ad hoc proactive and reactive problem solving
Additional Responsibilities
- Ad hoc support of sales team, including support on central inboxes
- Ad hoc support of schools delivery
- Other responsibilities as required to support business needs
The Details
- Contract type: Permanent full-time
- Working schedule: 9am – 5pm (Option for flexi-hours) Monday – Friday. Some weekend work will be required, but you will know dates for this well in advance, and be given time off in lieu during the weekdays. This is typically 1-2 weekends in November, 1-2 weekends in March/April, and up to 5 weekends in July/August.
- Working Location: Our office is based in Victoria. Hybrid working - 2 days in the office per week, with the exception of event days, where you will be expected to be on-site up to 5 days a week (this includes during our peak period through mid-June to the end of August).
- Salary: £28,000 - £29,500
- Start date: Autumn 2026
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Please note that offers will be subject to successful completion of Enhanced DBS checks and Right to Work checks. We are also unable to sponsor visas. InvestIN reserves the right to terminate contracts in the event of non-completion.
About You
This role would suit someone with strong instincts for systems and logistics looking to develop their people and events operations experience. You should be highly detail-oriented and enjoy a wide variety of tasks, including balancing administration with people-focussed work.
- Experience: You have a background in live events, hospitality, or similar environments, and have both worked in a team and led on projects.
- Analytical & Logical: You are highly organised with strong attention to detail and an excellent and efficient multi-tasker. You enjoy managing complex logistics and can process large volumes of data with ease.
- Organised and systematic: You have strong IT literacy, including Excel and Outlook, and enjoy using systems to stay organised.
- Practical and passionate: You love getting hands-on with a wide variety of tasks from venue bookings to re-organising a storage unit, and are energised by a fast-paced environment.
- Interest in HR and recruitment: You are excited about the world of recruitment, and have some level of experience of building and administering a team in a professional workplace or university societies. You are interested in developing your understanding of HR and Safer Recruitment best practice.
- A great communicator: You have strong verbal and written communication skills, with fantastic interpersonal skills that support your stakeholder management.
About Us
InvestIN Education
InvestIN Education is a dynamic, educational organisation that provides inspirational career experience programmes for school students across 20+ different industries. Founded in 2012, InvestIN's mission is to bridge the gap between school and the workplace, helping students choose the right career and maximise their potential.
Since our foundation, we've provided over 65,000 students from 100+ countries with the 'ultimate work experience'. Our immersive programmes are led by highly accomplished industry professionals and coach students through simulations, site visits, networking sessions, and career coaching. We've also worked with 2,000+ schools globally, delivering The Career School - our in-school offering providing skill workshops, industry-specific webinars, resources, and more.
Benefits
- Comprehensive training, including Safer Recruitment and First Aid training
- 25 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays)
- Being part of a dynamic and fun business with various cultural initiatives including regular socials
- Free in-house gym with access to a personal trainer
- Pension scheme
- 2 hours to take off at your choosing every week, to switch off (‘unplugged’)
- Volunteer days
- Access to our private healthcare scheme and cashback scheme
- Sabbatical of three months unpaid leave after three years’ service
- Opportunities for development, with termly appraisals, feedback, and dedicated learning & development training
- Opportunity to be part of a fast-growing organisation where your contributions will directly impact the company’s success
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Safer Recruitment, Safeguarding and EDI statement
InvestIN is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, seasonal workers, and external professionals to share this commitment.
InvestIN are committed to making our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values difference, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to InvestIN’s culture.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to work with InvestIN will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of Police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable candidates gaining access to minors or vulnerable adults.
Open Source Searching Guidance
InvestIN are committed to ensuring that we follow and implement legislation and advisories as set out in the KCSIE 2025 framework. Please see the below statement extracted from Harrison Clark Rickerbys Solicitors (HCR Law - https://www.hcrlaw.com/blog/kcsie-2022-safer-recruitment-the-use-of-online-searches-an-update/ ) regarding the updates within the KCSIE 2025 framework relating to open source searching as part of the safer recruitment process.
KCSIE 2025 States
KCSIE 25: “225. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process schools and colleges should consider carrying out an online search as part of their due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school or college might want to explore with the applicant at interview. Schools and colleges should inform shortlisted candidates that online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks. See Part two - Legislation and the Law for information on data protection and UK GDPR, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Equality Act 2010.” Keeping children safe in education 2025.
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