People & Recruitment Manager Global Sporting Event

Reporting to the People Director (UK), the People & Recruitment Manager will manage all HR & Recruitment processes in the iLUKA US office as well as support our overseas offices. This role will consist of daily general HR duties but is mainly a high volume recruitment role, managing the recruitment, selection, and delivery of an event workforce to populate operational teams in all areas of the company's functional business units for Global Sporting Events in the US in 2026 and 2028. This is a contract role starting in January 2026 and ending in October/November of 2028.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of strategic recruitment plans aligned to meet the resourcing and accreditation needs of all functional areas for Global Events

• Effectively track and monitor recruitment progress against plans

• Develop and manage university attraction and recruitment strategy

• Research, budget, plan and execute candidate assessment centres and interview schedules

• Screening, interview and management of suitable candidates

• Adhere to professional and legal confidentiality standards, company policies, procedures and practices, maintaining the highest level of integrity regarding candidate data management and client confidentiality

• Communicate effectively with all colleagues, participate in project team meetings as required and necessary client / organising committee meetings

• Manage all employee documentation and administration, including design and development where necessary, Translation, including role specifications, contracts and joining instructions

• Compile recruitment contingency plans covering candidate withdrawal, increased resource needs and other potential changes to resourcing needs

• Assist in development and delivery of training to programme teams on relevant areas, including accreditation, working time restrictions, payroll systems etc

• Promote a culture of service excellence amongst internal and external iLUKA Collective stakeholders including employees, clients, owners, partners and suppliers

• Model behaviour that is supportive of the company mission, vision and principles

• Be cognisant of accreditation types and restrictions

• Guide and control accreditation procedures through relevant functional areas

• Manage collation, accuracy and format of employee information for submission

• Ensure timely submission of accreditation requests

• Manage distribution of non-validated cards to the programme teams

• General HR Duties as required

  This is not an exhaustive list, and all team members will be expected to contribute to any other aspects of the business as necessary

Skills, Knowledge, Expertise:

• Previous HR and Recruitment Management experience

• Previous experience in high-volume recruitment campaigns

• Hospitality or sports event experience would be an advantage

• University recruiting experience

• Effective project management skills

• Confident public speaking and communication skills

• Strong planning, organisation and time management - able to plan, set and achieve goals within defined deadlines

• Advanced IT Skills, especially in Excel

• Commitment to unrivalled customer service and teamwork to deliver results

Attributes:

• High energy, comfortable working potentially long hours in a demanding but rewarding and friendly environment

• Flexible, enthusiastic, confident, outgoing

• Willing to roll sleeves up and get involved

• Passionate about sport, hospitality and delivery

• Able to work in a calm, kind and professional manner in a pressured environment

• Ability to prioritise a demanding workload