Onboarding and Compliance Officer

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: SO1 (£38,256 – £39,276)
Work location: Alexandra House 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Fixed term 6 months  
Closing date: Sunday, 6th September 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 14th September 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As a HR Onboarding and Compliance Officer, you’ll play an important role in delivering a smooth, efficient and positive onboarding experience for our new starters.

You’ll manage a range of pre-employment and compliance activities, including employment screening, right to work checks and ensuring the required documentation is completed accurately and within the agreed timescales. You’ll support candidates throughout their onboarding journey, answering queries, providing clear guidance and helping to resolve any issues that could delay their start.

This is a varied and fast-paced role where attention to detail is essential. You’ll work closely with candidates, recruiting managers, the resourcing team and colleagues across HR to make sure appointments and start dates are progressed efficiently and employment documentation is issued on time.

Alongside your day-to-day responsibilities, you’ll help maintain accurate HR data, provide high quality customer service and identify opportunities to improve our processes and guidance. We are continually looking at how we can make our services simpler and more efficient, so you’ll have the opportunity to contribute ideas and support improvements to the way we work.

About the team

You will become part of a collaborative HR function dedicated to delivering an outstanding employee experience. Working alongside colleagues in Resourcing, HR Support Services, HR Business Partnering, Safeguarding, and wider council services, you will contribute to a seamless onboarding journey for new starters. The team is committed to service excellence, digital transformation, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on delivering efficient, customer-centred solutions while upholding the highest standards of compliance, confidentiality, and professionalism.

About you

We’re looking for someone who is highly organised, proactive and passionate about delivering and excellent experience for our candidates and customers.

You’ll be a confident communicator who enjoys working with people and is comfortable supporting candidates through different stages of their onboarding journey. You’ll be able to explain information clearly, respond to queries professionally and build positive working relationships with colleagues and customers.

You’ll need excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage a busy workload, prioritising effectively while meeting deadlines and maintaining a high standard of service. You’ll also be a strong team player who is happy to share knowledge, support colleagues and contribute to the wider success of the team.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk