Are you looking for a new challenge and want to join a successful and rapidly evolving organisation? Do you have a passion for enabling people to perform at their best? If so, we want to hear from you.

About the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT)

Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a social purpose company. It exists to improve people’s lives and communities. It works in partnership with national, regional and local governments, businesses, foundations and charities, to tackle major policy problems, often through testing and implementing simple yet powerful changes. 

It has 250 staff based in 8 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, and has run more than 1000 projects to date, including over 700 randomised controlled trials in dozens of countries. In addition to its own interventions, it openly shares expertise and helps others build capacity and skills to apply behavioural science for social good.

What does an HR Assistant at BIT do?

The HR Assistant will support our fast paced, but small and friendly HR Team to deliver day to day operational excellence to our UK based teams of 130 employees, and support our strategic vision. This role supports the UK based HR team which includes a HR Business Partner, a Senior HR Advisor and a HR & Recruitment Advisor as well as the Global HR Director, covering a wide range of HR duties. Reporting to the HR Business Partner, this role offers great generalist HR and recruitment exposure and would suit anyone looking to pursue and develop their career in HR with lots of contact with employees. Ongoing professional development will be supported.

Your work will be very varied and primarily support the UK but with some Global exposure too, including but not limited to:

• Acting as the first point of contact for employees on generalist HR queries and policies, including the management of the central HR inbox, escalating to the team where necessary;

• Assisting on all activities in our recruitment campaigns; supporting the internal or external recruitment process by booking interviews, gathering and sending materials to recruiting managers, liaising with applicants and ensuring a great candidate experience by being a friendly voice, answering all queries;

• Maintaining and updating our HR systems and information including (but not limited to); inputting new starters and leavers, updating staff details, updating our org charts, running cyclical reports, for example on attrition or headcount numbers, and making sure that our multiple platforms are consistent and up to date;

• A varied role supporting or assisting on all areas of the lifecycle coordinating onboarding for new starters, delivering new starter inductions and exit interviews; 

• Drafting letters such as pay changes, promotions, references and offers of employment;

• Assisting the Senior HR Advisor with administrative payroll duties;

• Supporting team wide projects at both UK and Global level, such as updating policies, launching new benefits, cyclical HR activities, helping us gather Management Information (MI).

What makes a great HR Assistant at BIT?

We are looking for an individual who understands what we do, who shares our values and are keen to learn and develop their expertise, knowledge and skills. We are looking for candidates with the skills and experience listed below.

• You have a passion for HR and a keen interest in developing as an HR professional;

• Previous demonstrable experience of working in a fast paced, professional services office environment;

• Clear and convincing communications with strong interpersonal skills;

• Good time management, organisation skills and attention to detail. You are able to produce high quality and accurate work;

• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and maintain confidentiality;

• High self-awareness and self-reflection. You are aware of the impact that your actions and words have on those around you. 

• You are interested in evidence based people practices;

Who are we and what can we offer you?

The Behavioural Insights Team is the world leader in applying behavioural science to public policy challenges in order to strengthen communities and improve lives. 

We design and rigorously test new ideas across a range of areas such as health, crime and education, to establish what works and what doesn’t. We have helped Tuberculosis patients take their medicine; reduced police susceptibility to cyberattacks; and helped organisations close their gender pay gap.

BIT really is a great place to work:

• Bonus scheme

• Generous pension scheme with 7% employer contribution

• A flexible benefit pot of £1,100 to spend on our flexible benefits programme which currently includes things like the ability to buy extra annual leave at the start of the year, gym membership, cycle to work scheme etc or just take as cash.

• 25 days of annual leave (in addition to public holidays) for full-time employees, rising to 27 days after 2 years continuous service

• We offer enhanced parental leave payments

• We encourage flexible working and have a culture which enables this; for example flexible start and finish times and an IT set up which allows for easy working from home options

• We have regular team lunches with inspirational guest speakers. 

• We’re a social bunch and have a variety of interest groups including Film Club, BIT Kids for our parents & 5-a-side team to name a few.

• We have a great office, which has a fabulous roof terrace overlooking the Thames river, an amazing coffee machine and fridges stocked full of soft drinks!

Application Process

• Please avoid using AI when applying for this role, we have tools to detect AI and if we feel you have used AI to draft your answers, we have the right to reject your application

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we have the right to close the role once a suitable candidate is found

• There will be a two-stage interview process for this role

Please note:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we have the right to close the role once a suitable candidate is found.

You will need to have the right to work in the UK in order to be able to undertake this role. We will ask all applicants short-listed for an interview to provide evidence of their right to work during the recruitment process.  If you do not have the right to work for BIT unfortunately we will not be able to provide sponsorship.

Some of the personal data you provide to Applied when you apply for a role with The Behavioural Insights Team will be passed on to The Behavioural Insights Team for the purposes of (a) reviewing your application; (b) inviting you for interview; and/or (c) offering you a job and getting you set up as an employee/contractor. For full details on how BIT collects and uses your personal data please visit our website - https://www.bi.team/bit-global-recruitment-privacy-notice/ 

If your application is not successful, any personal data provided to us by Applied (including any personal data relating to equal opportunities monitoring as set out above) will be retained by The Behavioural Insights Team for no longer than 6 months after the application deadline has passed (other than in exceptional circumstances where we may need to retain your personal data for longer), at which point your personal data will be securely deleted. We only keep your information for that period in order to allow us to comply with relevant legal obligations.