Trainee people team administrator

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 28th May at 11.59pm

Salary: £27,500

Interviews: Expected week commencing 9th June

Start date: Monday 16th June

Are you curious about working in creative, entertainment or media environments and interested in all things people?

PURPLE is a global lifestyle communications agency with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, London, Hong Kong & Singapore.

For more than two decades, PURPLE has been the leader in culturally connected, results driven brand communications. With the original founding team still leading the business, they bring together cross-generational and diverse personal networks globally to connect people and brands, build strategy and drive commercial success.

PURPLE's in-house talent pride themselves on their international networks, working collaboratively across luxury and creative industries to deliver game-changing earned media campaigns that are always bespoke, non-traditional and often provocative. Understanding the world of luxury and the ever evolving possibilities to lead in the space, PURPLE offers connected services across Communications, Events, Social Media, Partnerships, and VIP & Talent.

As trainee people team administrator, you will work closely with, and support global teams in APAC, the US, and UK in providing full-cycle support for a global team of 210 people. Your role will give you a full insight, and training on, how to support a global team, covering administration, payroll, learning & development, and talent acquisition. You will need to be passionate about ensuring all Purple employees have the support they need to flourish in their roles; an interest in diversity, equity and inclusion is desirable.

What you will learn

• How to assist with managing the recruitment process, including preparing job adverts, advertising roles, screening applications, and liaising with candidates
• Co-ordinating data for special projects such as salary & benefits benchmarking, and job description streamlining
• Assisting with UK Payroll processing
• Coordinating global learning & development programmes
• Assisting with day-to-day People Team administration
• Co-ordinating recruitment referencing
• Preparing weekly People Team reports
• Coordinating global organisation charts
• Assist in managing the company career page and LinkedIn Recruiter account
• Assist with the Intern Programme both in the US and UK.
• Oversee the ATS system ensuring that content and data are up to date
• Assists with job posting and advertisement processes.
• Screens applications and selects qualified candidates for entry level roles and internships
• Schedules interviews; oversees preparation of interview questions and other hiring and selection materials
• Answering day to day HR queries
• Maintaining employee information/updates to feed into monthly payroll.
• On- and off-boarding management

What we are looking for

• An interest in the creative sector, fashion or public relations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Have a keen interest in pursuing a career in HR
• Proficient with excel, power point and other related software
• Enjoy finding solutions
  

This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.