People Assistant

Job DescriptionOur client operates the city's waterfront event campus – the interconnected M&S Bank Arena and Exhibition Centre Liverpool – as well as ticketing agency Ticket Quarter and the Pullman Liverpool Hotel. Playing a leading role in shining a spotlight on Liverpool, they have successfully staged a wide array of national and international events, from shows and conventions, business gatherings to exhibitions, developing their offer over the last decade to that of a world-class provider of venue and event services.They are currently looking for a People Assistant to join their dynamic team on a Fixed Term Contract, Maternity Cover, starting 05 January 2026 for 12 months.Company BenefitsOur client is an award-winning, world-class venue and their people are at the heart of everything that they do. Recognition and reward are of huge importance to them, and just some of the benefits staff can enjoy include:An enhanced holiday scheme, which increases with length of service.An excellent pension scheme is available.Access to a premium health care policy, which includes an employee assistant line, contributions towards a wide range of medical costs, such as dental and optical and staff discounts.Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.An excellent occupational sick pay scheme.Free onsite parking right in the heart of the city centre.Employee Reward Platform.Agile working and flexi time policies, where appropriate and in line with business needs.A dedicated wellbeing strategy to support staff.25 Qualified Mental Health First Aiders on site.Our client is a place where you can truly make a difference. Some of the wonderful things they have achieved / continue to work towards:Disability Confident EmployerMember of the Fair Employment CharterReal Living Wage employerSocial value impact plan - last year they contributed over £6.4mGreen Meeting’s Gold StandardSustainability StrategyPositively influencing biodiversity – they have 3 beehives on their campus groundsCarbon Neutral CampusAccessibility StrategyAccessAble GuideThe successful candidate will provide comprehensive People team assistance and support across our client’s policies, procedures and processes.As the department’s main point of contact for recruitment processes, you will coordinate all related activity. It would be advantageous for you to have experience of communicating with both internal and external stakeholders as you will coordinate responses to all internal and external mailbox queries, including the HR, Recruitment, and Absence inboxes.You will coordinate the new starter process, ensuring all new starter templates, occupational health forms and initial induction documentation is up to date and fit for purpose.You will be responsible for the maintenance of staff personnel files (electronic and historic paper files), to ensure they are accurate and compliant with GDPR.To support the management of their departmental budget, you will raise requisitions / invoices, maintaining goods receipting, which you will track via their EBMS system and budget tracker, to ensure they are managing their departmental budget accordingly.You will support Operational Managers with absence management records, by entering periods of absence onto their Oracle system.Supporting the People Manager, you will coordinate various health checks tests for relevant employees.Our client highly values the behaviours, attitudes and skills which will help you to develop and excel in this role. In this case, they are looking for someone who:Is approachable, creative, and innovative, with a desire to achieve.Has proven planning and organisation skills, including excellent time management.Displays high levels of accuracy in everything they do.Confident and competent working with MS Office applications, displaying proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.Can display emotional intelligence.In addition to the above, the candidate will need to be enthusiastic, like minded and complement their experienced and talented team. If you have drive, passion, ambition and wish to play a part in our client’s continuing success story, they would love you to join their teamPlease note, they may close this vacancy before the stated closing date if they receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested in this position, please submit your application as soon as possible.Equality, Diversity and InclusionOur client knows the value of having a diverse and representative team across their organisation. they promote equal opportunities and are committed to having an inclusive work force where everybody feels respected, are treated fairly and diversity is celebrated. As such they strongly encourage and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all members of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation.