Hays Recruitment is a global leader in professional recruitment, connecting talented people with organisations across a wide range of specialist sectors. With a strong reputation for quality, integrity and expertise, Hays offers a collaborative, inclusive working environment where people are supported to develop their skills and build long‑term careers.

Based in Cork City, this role offers the opportunity to join a high‑performing team with a hybrid working model and excellent exposure to compliance and business support activity within a global organisation.

As a Compliance / Office Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting the Cork office with compliance, candidate administration and wider business support activities.

Your responsibilities will include maintaining accurate candidate records, completing eligibility and ID checks, verifying professional qualifications and memberships, and ensuring compliance documentation is correctly completed and stored. You will support the onboarding of temporary workers, ensuring Terms of Registration and Terms of Assignment are signed and recorded appropriately.

You will also assist with internal and external audits, support the implementation of new procedures and legislation, track aftercare and references, and review training documentation. From a business support perspective, you will assist with timesheet and pay queries, support temp payments, contribute to reporting, and participate in data cleansing and ad‑hoc projects.

This role involves regular liaison with candidates, on‑site teams and the wider compliance function, alongside general office administration duties, making it a varied and integral position within the office.

To be successful in this role, you will bring strong administrative experience and a high level of attention to detail, ideally within a compliance or professional services environment. You will demonstrate behaviours aligned to Hays’ values - being expert in your work, ambitious to improve processes, inquisitive in approach and genuinely passionate about people.

You’ll have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and remain professional under pressure. A proactive and flexible mindset is essential, along with strong systems skills and confidence when working across multiple platforms. You will be customer‑focused, team‑oriented and committed to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.