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Closing date for applications: 2 November 2025Salary: £27,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week Ready to launch your HR career? Join one of the UK's top publishers in this entry-level role and gain hands-on experience across a wide range of HR activities in a supportive environment.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business. It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries. What you'll be doingAs human resources (HR) assistant for Hachette UK’s adult trade divisions, you will be responsible for delivering professional and efficient administration support for your business divisions and the wider HR team. You will be the first point of contact for all HR queries assigned by your business divisions. No prior HR experience is needed, we are just keen to find someone who is ready to get stuck in and work hard, and in return you’ll be exposed to a broad range of HR activities and projects in a supportive environment. This is a truly generalist role and a great entry level opportunity for someone that is excited about starting their career in HR. ResponsibilitiesHR admin&nbsp;<ul><li>Be responsible for processing the monthly payroll including new starters, movers, leavers, family leave and other contractual changes within payroll deadlines and to an exceptional degree of accuracy</li><li>Produce all people related paperwork (e.g. contracts, references, staff contractual change letters, family leave, healthcare paperwork etc.) to an exceptional degree of accuracy</li><li>Keep trackers up to date and ensure all paperwork is returned and filed securely in line with GDPR</li><li>Continually ensure that our processes are up to date, are efficient and streamlined</li></ul>Systems admin<ul><li>Process all system and hierarchy changes on all HR systems ensuring a high degree of accuracy</li><li>Be responsible for the maintenance of Smart Clinic (Occupational Health provider) and display screen equipment (DSE) assessments</li><li>Generate reports from HR database as and when required</li></ul>Company support&nbsp;<ul><li>Deliver the HR induction alongside the other HR assistant</li><li>Build positive relationships and work closely with our payroll team and wider business contacts</li><li>Be prepared to support on interviewing for junior level roles</li></ul>Employee relations<ul><li>Proactively supporting the HR team with sickness management and occupational health referrals</li><li>Be responsible for visas and any other right to work documents for new starters</li><li>Where required, provide note-taker support for employee relations meetings</li><li>Be familiar with and adhere to all relevant Hachette UK policies and procedures at all times</li></ul>Wider HR team support&nbsp;<ul><li>Supporting members of the HR team with company queries and tasks</li><li>Supporting the diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&amp;I) manager with company events and new initiatives</li><li>Supporting the recruitment team with managing candidate applications through our applicant tracking system</li><li>Support the head of reward with benefits administration</li><li>Supporting the learning &amp; development team with administration</li><li>Any other duties as reasonably required in line with skills, knowledge, and experience to contribute to Hachette UK’s wider success</li></ul>These are the main requirements of the role and is not an exhaustive list of duties. It is intended to reflect the nature, range, and context of the work, which will change over time. Who we are looking for<ul><li>Excellent attention to detail with accurate and exacting standards</li><li>Takes pride in providing a first-class customer service</li><li>Approachable, efficient and helpful</li><li>Strong organisational skills</li><li>Ability to multitask and maintain composure in a demanding environment</li><li>Ability to prioritise and handle ever changing and conflicting workload priorities</li><li>The ability to respond in a timely and professional manner</li><li>The ability to build trusted and positive relationships with staff at all levels</li><li>Outstanding communication skills including the ability to communicate in a logical way, to listen and to clearly present information to others</li><li>Excellent written skills, whether you’re drafting content yourself or proofreading someone else’s work, with a sharp eye for detail when it comes to spelling, punctuation, and grammar</li><li>Strong numerical skills</li><li>Proactive and process driven</li><li>Resilient with a desire to uphold company policies and procedures</li><li>Team player with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude</li><li>No prior HR admin experience necessary, however administrative skills would be a bonus</li><li>A real interest in developing a future within HR</li></ul> What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul> Our commitmentThe Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a> Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds. If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.Please state in your application that you found this opportunity through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

HR assistant

Closing date for applications:&nbsp; 26th October 2025Salary: £30,000 - £37,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience plus a London Weighting allowance of&nbsp;£5,319. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.Contract type: 10 month fixed term starting DecemberDepartment: Commissioning supportLocation: London Broadcasting House – hybrid (3 days per week in the office)Job band: B Bring your organisational skills, attention to detail, and diary management experience to the BBC and support the leaders at the heart of factual content.&nbsp;Join the BBC specialist factual commissioning team as a personal assistant, where you’ll play a vital role in supporting senior commissioners and ensuring the smooth running of a fast-paced, high-profile department. Your organisational skills and proactive approach will help deliver outstanding content that connects with UK audiences.Be part of a collaborative and passionate team that champions creativity and innovation. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and production partners, gaining insight into the commissioning process while developing your skills in a supportive and fast-moving environment. This is a great opportunity to grow your career at the heart of BBC content.&nbsp; Responsibilities<ul><li>Provide proactive diary management and administrative support to at least three commissioners</li><li>Organise meetings, events, travel, and accommodation, ensuring effective use of time and resources</li><li>Act as the first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, handling sensitive and confidential information</li><li>Support the wider team with onboarding, expenses, purchase orders, and general office coordination</li><li>Collaborate with other PAs and commissioning coordinators to ensure seamless support across the department</li><li>Maintain efficient filing systems and manage communications, prioritising and responding as appropriate</li><li>Provide cover for other assistants and support for the head of genre when required</li><li>Carry out other administrative duties relevant to the department</li></ul> Knowledge, skills &amp; experience<ul><li>You will have recent experience of working with and supporting senior staff at the BBC or a large organisation, this is recent experience of working as a personal assistant and diary manager to senior level managers</li><li>You will have a very high level of attention to detail and be comfortable with handling a large volume of work, juggling changing priorities and challenging deadlines</li><li>Ability to use own initiative and be proactive and manage own time and workload, dealing with specific queries as they arise</li><li>You will have experience of managing multiple diaries, working to multiple people balancing individual priorities. You will have experience of handling multiple and often conflicting requests calmly and effectively, regularly reprioritising your own and commissioners workload to ensure business objectives are achieved</li><li>You will have excellent organisation and planning skills and significant practical experience of gathering, reviewing and collating complex and confidential information</li><li>You will have experience of developing strong working relationships and of working within a busy team supporting the workload of other personal assistants with a positive and collegiate attitude</li><li>You will be reliable and enthusiastic with proven ability to work in a team environment as you will need to work flexibly and independently, be a collaborative team player, and demonstrate a proactive and positive can-do attitude</li><li>You will have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and be experienced in handling confidential information and understand the pressures and sensitivities of working in a sensitive corporate environment</li><li>You will have excellent IT skills and produce high quality documents and presentations with experience of Office software including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint</li><li>Knowledge of and enthusiasm for BBC content (desirable but not essential)&nbsp;</li></ul> We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.&nbsp;

Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent | Careers at the BBC

Personal assistant, commissioning

Closing date for applications: 26th October 2025&nbsp;Salary: £29,000 (based on a full-time equivalent salary of £58,000)&nbsp;Reporting to: Director of PrizesContract: Permanent, part-time (average 2.5 days a week, weighted towards the spring)&nbsp;Location: UK-based hybrid working with a minimum number of days per month in the London office to be agreed on contract Have you got what it takes to manage this illustrious book prize? Work alongside authors, publishing professionals, judges and more to help transform culture in Britain and beyond.We are looking for a prizes manager, a newly created role, to primarily manage the International Booker Prize (IBP) as an integral part of a small, hard-working Booker Prize Foundation team. The prizes manager will report to the director of prizes, while working closely with the wider senior leadership team on all aspects of the delivery and promotion of the IBP, as well as offering&nbsp;ad-hoc support on the Booker Prize Foundation’s wider work, including the Booker Prize, where time allows.In consultation with the director of prizes, chief executive and the Booker’s advisory committee, they will play a key role in the appointment of the annually changing judging panels for the IBP, and a leading role in supporting them.The IBP cycle runs from June to May, with judges announced in June, monthly judging meetings from September onwards and the focus of public activity (longlist, shortlist and winner announcements and related events) from February to May. Responsibilities will include&nbsp;<ul><li>contributing to and implementing the overall vision for the prize, with a view to raising its profile and expanding its audience</li><li>playing a key role in the appointment of judges, in close collaboration with the colleagues named above</li><li>liaising with prize judges</li><li>overseeing the submissions process and delivery of books and taking responsibility for the shape of the judging year</li><li>working closely with the chair of the judges and the chief executive on setting the group dynamic</li><li>guiding the chair of the judges, alongside the chief executive, in arriving at a longlist, shortlist and winner</li><li>developing expertise on the books in contention, in order to advise the rest of the team</li><li>liaising with publishers</li><li>supporting authors and translators in all their interactions with the prize</li><li>providing input into the PR and marketing campaigns for each season</li><li>working closely with the director of content on editorial content around the prize</li><li>working closely with the head of digital marketing on social media content around the prize</li><li>working closely with the director of prizes and communications manager in liaising with an external agency on PR and events</li><li>advising on guest lists for the prize ceremony and hosting key guests at events</li><li>liaising with partners in the fields of public events, retail and libraries (e.g. Southbank Centre, leading chains and independent bookshops, The Reading Agency)</li><li>overseeing the design and production of materials for events, retailers and libraries</li><li>working with the director of content and head of digital marketing on digital partnership opportunities</li><li>working with the director of development on broader partnership and funding opportunities</li><li>working with the director of finance to manage the IBP annual budget</li><li>proactive project management of initiatives associated with the IBP, such as PEN Presents x International Booker Prize.&nbsp;</li></ul> The ideal candidate&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>will have a passion for literature and translated fiction in particular, as well as a deep interest in culture from different parts of the world</li><li>will already be well-connected or able to build connections in the translated fiction community</li><li>will have excellent written and oral communication skills. A second language is desirable</li><li>will be organised, confident managing multiple streams of work, ideally with experience of project management, and will enjoy being part of a collaborative, creative team</li><li>will have a high level of emotional intelligence. This includes an excellent instinct for putting together – and reading the behaviour of – groups</li><li>will be sensitive to social media tone and content, and alive to the cultural and political tendencies in the world at large</li><li>will be proficient at collating and presenting information and will become adept at using shared office systems such as Asana, Slack and Zoom.</li></ul> How to apply&nbsp;<ul><li>Please send a covering letter of no more than two pages outlining your suitability for the role and a CV by midnight on Sunday, 26 October 2025 via the 'Apply' button</li><li>In your covering letter, please explain why you are interested in the role and how your experience and skills match what we are looking for</li></ul>Successful candidates will be invited to interview in the week commencing 17 November 2025. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.&nbsp;

Booker Prize Foundation

Prizes manager

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