HR Administrator – Grade 3: £27,254 - £29,064, 37 hours (Mon‑Fri), Fixed‑Term 12 months, Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) are seeking an enthusiastic administrator to provide high quality and comprehensive administration support to our fast‑paced Human Resources department. As a valued member of our HR team, you will help us provide a first‑class HR service to NFRS and you will be given the opportunities to develop your skills within an HR environment.
Role Overview
The successful candidate will join a varied and fast‑paced role. Supported by a team, you will take part in a variety of HR and administration activities such as recruitment & promotion process, maintenance of employee records on our HR system, issuing formal correspondence and helping to coordinate various HR processes.
Responsibilities
* Help co‑ordinate recruitment and promotion processes.
* Maintain databases, extract reports and ensure accurate employee records whilst carrying out everyday HR processes such as starters, leavers and contractual variances.
* Support a friendly and driven workforce with HR queries.
* Provide administration support to the wider HR team and assist with general office duties.
Experience & Qualifications
* Ideally, you would have a background in HR administration, but this is not essential. We encourage all applications from candidates who have generalist HR knowledge/qualifications/experience or previous administration experience in a fast‑paced environment.
* A comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Office applications and experience in inputting and extracting information from a database.
* The ability to prioritise workloads and effectively organise work to reach deadlines.
* Excellent customer service skills.
* Strong awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion.
* Previous experience working within the public sector is desirable but not a deal‑breaker.
* Flexible approach to working with the ability to travel around the county of Nottinghamshire (reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled candidates).
Why NFRS?
* Agile Working – opportunity to mix office work with working from home to support work‑life balance.
* Family friendly and open to different working patterns.
* Annual leave – 26 days plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day.
* Health and Wellbeing – wide range of support including Bupa membership and a dedicated Occupational Health team.
* On‑site gym access.
* Blue Light Card discounts on shopping and eating out.
* Professional development opportunities.
* Pension – public service defined benefit pension scheme.
Further Information
We are proud to be an equal opportunities’ and ‘Disability Confident’ employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce. We welcome applications from all parts of our communities and particularly those who are currently under‑represented. We are also proud of being recognised as a ‘Gold’ employer for our Armed Forces Covenant commitments.
NFRS is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse or neglect and operates a safer recruitment process. The Service is fully committed to ensuring that its recruitment and selection processes are fair, inclusive and accessible to all applicants and we will make reasonable adjustments where appropriate, to support candidates at any stage of the recruitment process. Candidates who require reasonable adjustments should notify the Human Resources team early.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Police Vetting check. Applicants must have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years to be eligible for a Police Vetting check.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Closing date: Tuesday 12th May 2026. Interview date: Tuesday 26th May 2026.
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