People Operations Associate - 6 Month FTC

Location: Southampton, United Kingdom; hybrid

Company

hirify.global is building and nurturing a diverse and inclusive workforce where people can grow and contribute different perspectives.

What you will do

• Deliver accurate employee lifecycle services across onboarding and offboarding, including pre-employment screening, right-to-work checks, contractor administration, and leaver documentation.
• Administer internal lifecycle changes such as job changes, promotions, secondments, time off, and leave of absence requests.
• Manage colleague and manager cases, inbox queries, tasks, and emails, escalating non-standard queries, exceptions, and risks when required.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, Centres of Expertise, and approved external suppliers to deliver People Operations services.
• Complete payroll-impacting tasks, data checks, validations, and system updates while maintaining data accuracy, payroll integrity, GDPR compliance, and internal controls.
• Contribute to process improvements, knowledge sharing, and cyclical projects such as pay reviews and promotions while developing HR and HRIS knowledge.

Requirements

• Experience in a fast-paced operational or employee administration environment.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow structured processes, documented procedures, guidance, SLAs, legislation, and internal controls.
• Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build effective working relationships individually and collaboratively.
• Confidence working with systems and data, with strong Microsoft Office capability, specifically Excel and Planner.
• Understanding of the core elements of policies, processes, and procedures.
• Familiarity with Workday or another HRIS/HCM system.
• Ownership, curiosity, willingness to learn, and a customer-service mindset focused on improving the employee experience and anticipating customer needs.

Nice to have

• Exposure to HR administration, People Operations, or shared services environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term, full-time role for six months supporting Onboarding & Offboarding and the Internal Lifecycle team.
• Hybrid working and the ability to work abroad for up to three weeks per year.
• Benefits listed for permanent roles may include a discretionary bonus, generous holiday allowance, pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance, worldwide travel insurance, health and wellbeing programmes, and on-site parking.
• Inclusive working environment focused on diversity, respect, professional growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement.