People & Business Operations Associate

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Operations Associate managing recruitment and operational processes at Isla, a healthcare platform startup. Collaborating across teams to improve hiring and support business growth through operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage end-to-end recruitment across multiple live vacancies, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience from application through to offer.
  • Produce engaging job descriptions and recruitment campaigns that attract exceptional candidates.
  • Source candidates through LinkedIn and other platforms.
  • Monitor recruitment metrics and continuously improve hiring performance.
  • Strengthen Isla's employer brand across careers pages, job boards and social media.
  • Support employees with day-to-day people queries and requests.
  • Organise company socials, quarterly meetups and team events.
  • Keep internal documentation and knowledge bases accurate and up to date.
  • Coordinate learning sessions, wellbeing initiatives and employee benefits.
  • Coordinate user access, supplier administration and renewals across business systems and software platforms we use across the company.
  • Manage business insurance renewals and assist with compliance activities.
  • Provide operational support across people, finance, compliance and wider business operations, helping teams work efficiently as we scale.
  • Continuously identify opportunities to improve, automate and simplify internal processes.
  • Contribute ideas that help Isla scale efficiently as a company, while making it a truly excellent place to work.

Requirements:

  • Experience in an Operations, People, HR, Recruitment or Business Support role, ideally within a startup or scale-up environment.
  • Experience managing recruitment processes across multiple business functions, using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, with a passion for delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
  • Outstanding organisational skills, excellent communication and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of identifying opportunities to improve processes and make teams more effective.
  • Confidence learning and adopting new technologies, with experience using modern workplace tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Coda/Notion and HRIS platforms. You're excited about using AI to improve productivity and simplify repetitive work.
  • A proactive mindset - you take ownership, spot problems before others do and see things through to completion.
  • High levels of energy, curiosity and resilience, with a genuine desire to help build a brilliant company and create an exceptional experience for both candidates and employees.
  • Nice to have: Experience recruiting technical roles, ideally within health tech or another niche industry.
  • Excellent data analysis skills and confidence using metrics to drive improvements.
  • Experience supporting a fast-growing business as it scales, including operating across multiple countries.

Benefits:

  • Work from home or at our dog friendly office in Moorgate
  • Equity options and 5% pension contributions.
  • Flexible working times up to 2 days per week
  • Work abroad for up to 90 days per year
  • Enhanced parental leave and access to Mintago benefits platform
  • 25 days annual leave (on top of bank holidays)
  • Take your birthday off and another significant day off too
  • Treat your friends or family to a meal each quarter (up to £75)
  • Access to our Mintago platform, offering retail discounts, childcare vouchers, virtual GP, financial advice and more!
  • A monthly wellbeing bonus (£50 per month for gym membership/wellbeing activities) or Private medical
  • Quarterly socials
  • A learning budget for you to use
  • Delivering social impact through improved patient healthcare