People Operations Administrator

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you’re starting out on your career or well established, whether you’re a lawyer or in business services. If you’re looking for what’s next, we are too.

The Opportunity

The purpose of the role is to provide a seamless and efficient onboarding experience for all candidates joining the firm across our UK and international offices. We constantly look for new and smarter ways of working so your thoughts and ideas will always be heard.

Our Team

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a People Operations Administrator to join People Services within the People Operations team based in Birmingham city centre. This is a hybrid role, with a current requirement of working 3 days onsite in the Birmingham office.

Eversheds Sutherland prides itself on being a great place to work. The People Operations team is a HR Shared Service which is at the very heart of the employee experience. You will work as part of a professional and energetic team that is at a pivotal point of change, introducing new technology to enhance our HR service delivery. You can expect to get involved right across the spectrum of HR activity to make a real difference to our business. You can expect to achieve professional satisfaction by using your skills to the full.

To ensure full coverage and flexibility for our clients, this role operates on a rotating shift pattern. You’ll work across early (8:30am–4:30pm), mid (9:00am–5:00pm), and late (9:30am–5:30pm) shifts, providing variety in your working day while supporting a collaborative team environment.

Role and key responsibilities

You will work closely with internal and external teams so will need to have an excellent ability to manage relationships and expectations.

You’ll be working on a variety of processes which will include and not be limited to:

• End to end graduate recruitment: Manage the full recruitment and employee cycle. Coordinate activities across HR, Payroll, IT and other stakeholders to ensure all necessary arrangements are in place to provide a seamless employee experience.

• Application screening for student/graduate recruitment activity: Review and evaluate large volumes of applications against set criteria, ensure accurate and consistent scoring is applied.

• Coordinate and administer reward activities relating to employee benefits, and firmwide cyclical and ongoing schemes. Be the first point of contact for all reward enquiries, ensure these are processed in a timely and professional manner.