Talent Acquisition and Relations Coordinator

Job Title :
Talent Acquisition & People Relations Coordinator

Location :
Leyland

Salary :
Competitive

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dnata Travel Group, part of the Emirates Group, includes the brands of Gold Medal and Travelbag.

We are now recruiting for a Talent Acquisition & People Relations Coordinator, to coordinate the day-to-day delivery of recruitment activity across Gold Medal Travel Group, providing practical support to the People & Culture Team, hiring managers and candidates throughout the end-to-end hiring process.

The role will spend approximately 70% of its time on talent acquisition coordination and 30% on general People & Culture administration. It will ensure recruitment systems and records are accurate, candidate communication is timely and professional, and routine colleague administration is completed confidentially and efficiently.

Hours:

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

• Talent Acquisition Coordination

  • Act as a first point of contact for routine recruitment queries from candidates and hiring managers, providing a responsive and helpful service.
  • Create and maintain vacancies within the applicant tracking system (eArcu), ensuring approvals, job details, candidate records and recruitment stages are complete and up to date.
  • Prepare and publish clear, accurate job advertisements across agreed internal and external channels and maintain internal vacancy communications.
  • Support application screening and long listing activity against agreed criteria, escalating selection decisions to the Head of People & Culture or hiring manager as appropriate.
  • Coordinate interviews, assessments and recruitment events, including diaries, rooms or virtual links, candidate instructions and assessment materials.
  • Manage timely candidate communications throughout the process, including acknowledgements, interview arrangements, updates and outcome notifications.
  • Prepare offer letters and pre-employment documentation and coordinate references, right to work checks and other required screening in line with company procedures.
  • Work with relevant teams to support a smooth handover into onboarding and ensure new starter information is complete and issued on time.
  • Maintain the recruitment inbox, candidate talent pools and agency or job-board administration, including referral scheme records and payment notifications.
  • Produce regular recruitment reports and trackers, including vacancy status, time to hire, source of hire, recruitment costs and candidate activity.
  • Support hiring managers in using the recruitment system effectively and identify practical opportunities to improve system use, data quality and the candidate journey.
  • Promote fair, consistent and inclusive recruitment practices and handle all candidate information securely and confidentially.

• People & Culture Administration

  • Maintain accurate colleague records and complete routine updates within the HR system and electronic files in accordance with data protection and retention requirements.
  • Prepare standard People & Culture correspondence and documentation, using approved templates and escalating non-routine matters appropriately.
  • Support the administration of new starters, contractual changes and leavers, liaising with Payroll and other internal teams where required.
  • Provide coordination and note-taking support for People & Culture meetings and routine employee relations administration when requested.
  • Assist with recurring People & Culture activities, reporting and projects, including colleague engagement, wellbeing and recognition initiatives.
  • Provide general administrative cover across the People & Culture team during busy periods and colleague absence.

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