HR Administrator

Salary: £31,052

Location: Cambridge, St Edmund’s College

Contract type: Permanent, Full-Time 36.5 hours per week

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented HR Administrator to join our busy HR team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a people-focused environment and enjoys supporting a wide range of HR processes with accuracy and care.

Job responsibilities

Recruitment

  • Placing adverts as directed by the HR Manager.
  • Managing the applications process including receiving and distributing applications for posts
  • Arranging interviews and informing unsuccessful applicants and interviewees of the outcome in a timely manner.
  • Filing and archiving all recruitment material in a manner compliant with data protection legislation

New starters

  • Arranging College induction programme
  • Ensuring the line manager organises the induction programme
  • Ensuring the HR record is complete, including next of kin
  • Administering the induction process advising line managers of due dates and following up to en-sure the processes are completed, advising the HR Manager in cases of non compliance or con-cerns raised by either the line manager or the employee

Training

  • Extract and list training needs from appraisals
  • Monitor completion of mandatory training  programmes and report.
  • Arrange mandatory training (eg Prevent) relevant to all departments
  • Book and arrange training, including arranging a training agreement and monitoring any repay-ment obligations where necessary

Performance Management

  • Monitor completed appraisals returned, following up with line managers and reporting any issues to HR Manager
  • Monitor sickness absence processes and return to work interviews ensuring they are completed.  Refer any issues to HR Manager.
  • Arrange disciplinary meetings under the direction of the HR Manager

 

The successful candidate:

  • Experience within a HR Administrator role
  • Good working knowledge of HRIS & Microsoft Office
  • Good command of the English language both verbal and written
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Understanding and experience in recruitment

If you feel that you fit most but not all of the above criteria, we would still love to hear from you.

As well as a great salary and friendly team you will also receive:

  • Working daily allowance for food and drinks*
  • Free car parking (where available)
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
  • Generous pension contributions
  • Discounts at restaurants, shops & more
  • Outdoor gym
  • Death in service
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning & Business Disability Forum

How to apply

To apply, please submit a covering letter and CV to the HR Team at: hwc32@cam.ac.uk

To discuss any aspect of the role, please contact the HR Manager on the same email address mentioned above.

The deadline for applications is 09:00GMT on Monday 3 November 2025.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy: http://www.stedmunds.cam.ac.uk/data-protection

Any offer of employment is subject to evidence of your right to work in the UK and the receipt of satisfactory references

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