People Coordinator (7 Month FTC)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Core Functions – People Operations /
Permanent - Fixed Term Employee /
Hybrid
Ready for a new challenge?
Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?
If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.
The role
The People Coordinator provides vital support to the People team, helping to keep day-to-day processes running smoothly. Focussing on maintaining accurate employee records, supporting with onboarding and off-boarding administration, and ensuring documents and systems are kept up to date, the People Administrator is often the first point of contact for routine queries, signposting employees to the right information or escalating where needed. By assisting the People Business Partners, the role helps deliver an efficient and organised service, contributing to a positive employee experience across the business.
Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
Essential experience
To succeed as a People Coordinator, you will need to demonstrate experience of working in a fast paced complex environment with an in-depth knowledge of.
• Being the first point of contact for employee queries, providing clear advice and support on people policies and processes across the full employee lifecycle.
• Coordinating the onboarding process, ensuring new hires are set up for success with the right tools, systems, and equipment. You’ll lead new starter calls and deliver a warm and professional first impression.
• Managing the off-boarding process, ensuring that leavers have a smooth, respectful, and well-coordinated experience.
• Supporting the payroll process by providing timely and accurate employee data to managers and the People team.
• Preparing and issue key documentation, including letters and reports, with accuracy, timeliness, and attention to detail.
In addition to People Coordination skills we must ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
In the interview, we’ll ask you questions that demonstrates your core essential skills and technical experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.
Salary
People Team salary range: £27,000 - £30,000
What our offer includes
Competitive pension, healthcare, share options and discretionary bonus.
Flexible hours and 25days' holiday. People to support you every step of the way.
Where you’ll work
Everyone at Opencast splits their time between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and considers requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email [email protected]. We’re not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
