People And Talent Assistant (FTC)

People and Talent Assistant

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive People and Talent Assistant to join our growing People team. You'll play a vital role in supporting both People Operations and Talent Acquisition, ensuring a smooth experience for candidates, new starters, and internal stakeholders.

This is a six-month fixed-term role, created to provide additional support during a period of focused hiring, onboarding, and people initiatives. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the full employee lifecycle and make an impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Nu Quantum is creating the Entanglement Fabric for quantum computing scale-out. Quantum computing can solve some of the world's biggest problems, but these applications require systems that are thousands of times more powerful than those available today.

Our networking architecture will unlock data centre-scale quantum computing by weaving together quantum processors to accelerate the path to fault-tolerance and transformational utility. Founded in 2018, Nu Quantum is a spin-out of the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory.

What you'll be doing:

• Administrative support for handling and progressing applications for our roles, including job postings, communicating with candidates and coordinating online and onsite interviews.
• Working as part of the People Team and collaborating with a variety of teams, including Hiring Managers and our Senior Leadership Team.
• Interacting with onsite candidates face to face and ensuring a smooth interview experience, from the planning stage with logistics to coordinating on the day.
• Supporting onboarding processes for new hires - scheduling welcome meetings, tracking onboarding checklists, and ensuring all documentation is completed.
• Coordinating travel and accommodation booking needs for the People and Talent team.
• Assisting with benefits administration by liaising with providers for routine updates and requests (e.g. sending forms, updating details).
• Supporting compliance tasks and maintaining accurate employee records.
• Supporting offboarding activities, including scheduling exit interviews, collecting equipment, and ensuring leavers' documentation is complete.
• Maintaining tidy, organised digital filing systems.
• Providing general HR support for ad-hoc projects or initiatives.