HR Administrator
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will support our day-to-day HR service, helping with a wide range of tasks such as contract changes, leaver processes, DBS checks, occupational health administration and responding to employee and manager queries. No two days are quite the same.
The role is fixed term for up to 6 months and further information is available in the job description.
ABOUT THE TEAM
This is a great opportunity to join a supportive team and gain experience in a large, complex organisation while making a real difference behind the scenes. You'll play an important part in keeping our HR processes running smoothly, making sure records are up to date, and customers receive a great service.
Within People and Organisational Culture we deliver a range of services across the university.
ABOUT YOU
We're looking for someone with excellent communication skills who can work independently, manage competing priorities and maintain a high level of accuracy. Previous HR experience is helpful, and experience using Oracle would be a bonus, but it's not essential.
Further information is available in the person specification or if you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact johanna.turl@northumbria.ac.uk or faye.menzies@northumbria.ac.uk.
If you enjoy variety, are great at dealing with people, and can keep on top of a busy workload, we'd love to hear from you.
To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.
ABOUT US
Join Northumbria University, a research-intensive institution unlocking potential and changing lives locally and globally. Named Times Higher Education's University of the Year in 2022 and Modern University of the Year in 2025, we rank top 25 in the UK for research power. Discover more about us.
With over 37,000 students from 140+ countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more.
Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are: Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behaviours shape our work culture: We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding a Silver Athena Swan in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, a bronze Race Equality Charter Award and we are a Disability Confident Leader. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.
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