People Coordinator

Burton-on-trent, Staffordshire
March

The People Coordinator plays a vital role in supporting the full employee lifecycle and creating a positive, engaging experience for colleagues across the organisation. This role ensures smooth delivery of day to day People operations, excellent employee experience, and efficient people processes.

Working closely with managers and the wider People Team, the People Co-ordinator supports recruitment, onboarding, HCM systems, employee relations administration, and organisational development activities.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Lifecycle Administration

• Manage onboarding processes including issuing contracts, completing right to work checks, setting up new starters on HCM systems, and co-ordinating induction plans.
• Support offboarding activities such as resignation acknowledgement, exit interviews, and processing leavers.
• Maintain accurate and up to date employee records in HCM systems and personnel files.

Recruitment & Talent Support

• Prepare offer letters and contract documentation.
• Liaise with hiring managers to support a smooth and professional recruitment experience where required.

HR Systems & Reporting

• Ensure data accuracy on HCM systems.
• Support People Partners with reports on absence, turnover, compliance, and other KPIs as required.
• Support payroll by providing employee data changes and ensure deadlines are met.

Employee Relations Administration

• Provide administrative support for ER cases including note taking, preparing letters, and maintaining confidential records.
• Assist managers with low level queries, signposting policies and processes.

Learning & Development

• Co-ordinate training sessions, manage attendance records, and support L&D initiatives.
• Track completion of mandatory training and report on compliance.

People Team Support

• Support People projects such as engagement surveys, policy updates, wellbeing initiatives, and organisational improvement programmes.
• Respond to employee enquiries in a timely and professional manner.
• Contribute to creating a positive, inclusive workplace culture.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience in an administrative or people-related role.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Good communication skills and a customer focused approach.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable working with HCM systems.
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.

Desirable

• CIPD Level 3 (or working towards).
• Experience using HCM systems.
• Understanding of employment law basics

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefits package appropriate to this position
• An employer who values the ongoing wellbeing of its employees
• Career development within a successful and growing business

About Us

We are MARCH . The leading provider of critical engineering services. Supporting the industries we all rely on to improve their infrastructure, process, and digital environments. We work together with our customers to maintain business continuity, optimise output, and drive new standards in productivity, reliability, and sustainability. We help deliver operational resilience, increased performance, and better environmental outcomes, across the board.

Why March?

Progress is People.

MARCH has ambitious plans and central to our future growth is attracting, developing and retaining the very best talent. Whether your role is onsite or office-based, engineering or support, we offer opportunities for all our people to develop their careers and maximise their potential. MARCH is committed to building teams that reflect a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.