Recruitment Coordinator, People & Engagement

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 6 May 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£34,000 / year
CATEGORY
Human Resources & Recruitment
This role is not offered with visa sponsorship, though the employer is a licensed UK sponsor

SKILLS

Recruitment coordination Talent acquisition ATS proficiency Intermediate Excel Communication skills Stakeholder engagement LinkedIn Recruiter GDPR compliance

FULL DESCRIPTION

Recruitment Coordinator, People & Engagement

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is seeking a Recruitment Coordinator to join their People & Engagement team. This is a permanent, full-time hybrid role based in London. Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 per annum.

The Vacancy

Part of the People & Engagement team, our small but mighty Recruitment team strives to provide a thoughtful, people‑centred and inclusive approach to hiring. We are now looking for a warm, organised and proactive Recruitment Coordinator to help us continue the evolution of a high‑quality recruitment service across the business.

It’s well-suited to someone with experience in recruitment and/or talent sourcing, who enjoys supporting others, managing detail and who wants to have ownership within a value‑driven, creative organisation.

In this role, you’ll coordinate the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy approval and advertising through to offer, supporting hiring managers to ensure recruitment runs smoothly and compliantly, while delivering a positive experience for both candidates and colleagues.

You’ll also support freelancer (IR35) administration and, once established in the role, will have plenty of opportunities to contribute to wider recruitment improvement initiatives and People projects.

Knowledge, skills and experience

  • Professional experience working in recruitment/talent acquisition
  • Organisational and administration skills
  • IT confident including ATS and intermediate Excel
  • Communications skills: written, spoken and stakeholder engagement
  • Team player: approachable; helpful; proactive
  • Resilient

Desirable

  • Talent sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Understanding of GDPR

The role is a full-time and permanent. Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 per annum, depending on experience. The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are currently: Thursdays plus one other day. This position is eligible for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Rental Deposit Loan Scheme.

Please apply with a CV addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 23:59 Wednesday 11th February 2026. For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

The Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Plc. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Academic division, it publishes under [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.

Our Benefits

  • Hybrid working pattern
  • 25 days holiday plus 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
  • Two paid Personal Wellness Days
  • Flexible Fridays
  • Work Anywhere Fortnight
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Learning & Development - free access to LinkedIn Learning, BookMachine Campus, InRehearsal & IPG Skills Hub
  • Share Save Scheme
  • AXA Healthcare Plan
  • Ride to Work Scheme
  • Peppy Health App
  • In-house Doctor
  • Eye Care Voucher Scheme
  • EAP Advice and Counselling

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Contact

Email: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] (For enquiries only. We are unable to accept CV's/Applications via this inbox.)

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