Operations Consultant

Brighton | Up to £37,000 DOE

This is an essential hire for a growing recruitment business which specialises in Financial Services. The contract division has an established client base and is scaling quickly, and as that function grows, the operational and compliance demands are becoming an increasingly narrow bottleneck.

They’re now looking for someone to take ownership of it.

This is a business with excellent employee longevity and a genuinely warm, sociable culture - people tend to stay, develop and build proper careers here.

The environment is outgoing and collaborative rather than overly corporate, and this hire will be visible across the whole company rather than sitting quietly in a back-office function.

Why This Role Matters

Contract recruitment, particularly within Financial Services, involves far more behind the scenes than simply finding a candidate and agreeing a start date.

Before contractors can begin an assignment, there can be a significant amount to coordinate around:

• DBS checks
• Right to work
• References and background screening
• Contractor documentation
• Client-specific onboarding
• Compliance checks
• Contract extensions and renewals
• Timesheets and payroll processes
• Record keeping and audit trails
• Ongoing contractor administration

The recruiters can win the work and find the candidate, but someone needs to make sure the operational side of each placement runs smoothly, efficiently and compliantly from start to finish.

As contractor numbers increase, this becomes a business-critical function - helping the business onboard people quickly, maintain standards and continue growing without operational bottlenecks.

The Opportunity

You’ll become a central point of contact across operations, compliance and wider business support.

Day to day, this could include:

• Managing contractor onboarding and compliance
• Completing DBS and right-to-work processes
• Ensuring documentation and checks are completed correctly
• Coordinating with consultants, candidates and clients
• Maintaining accurate contractor records
• Supporting extensions, renewals and ongoing administration
• Improving internal processes as the contract division grows
• Supporting wider office and business operations

This is broader than a traditional compliance role.

You’ll work closely with senior leadership on business improvement projects, including how AI can be used internally to improve workflows, reduce repetitive administration and make the business more efficient.

There will also be opportunities to get involved with:

• Company events
• Internal projects
• Business support
• Office operations
• Marketing and wider company initiatives

It’s ideal for someone who enjoys understanding how a business works, improving processes and taking ownership beyond one narrow function.

Who They’re Looking For

You’ll ideally have at least two years' experience in a front-office or commercially focused working environment, with enough business experience to understand how different teams interact and what good operational support looks like.

Particularly relevant backgrounds include:

• Recruitment Operations
• Recruitment Compliance
• Recruitment Administration
• Contractor Compliance / Onboarding
• Financial Services Operations
• Compliance
• HR / People Operations
• Office Management with compliance exposure
• Business Support / Operations

Previous recruitment experience isn’t essential, but experience working in recruitment operations, compliance or administration would be particularly relevant.

You’ll need to be:

• Highly organised
• Detail-focused
• Comfortable taking ownership
• Commercially aware
• Confident communicating with different stakeholders
• Interested in improving systems and processes
• Comfortable working in a sociable, front-office environment
• Able to spot inefficiencies and suggest better ways of working

Why Join?

• Up to £37,000 base salary DOE
• Own a genuinely business-critical function
• Join during a period of growth within the contract division
• Excellent employee longevity
• Broad exposure across operations, compliance and business improvement
• Work directly with senior leadership
• Get involved with AI, workflow and efficiency projects
• Exposure to company events and wider business initiatives
• Warm, sociable and welcoming culture
• Opportunity to shape processes rather than simply follow them

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys being the person who keeps things running properly, but also wants enough variety, ownership and commercial exposure to make the role interesting long term.

How to Apply
Submit a CV to be considered – please ensure you match the required experience as stated in the advert.

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