Overview
Reference
102 Salary
£30,000 - £36,000/annum Job Location
- United Kingdom -- England -- East of England -- Cambridgeshire Job Type
Permanent Posted
Monday, September 8, 2025
My client based in Cambridge are currently recruiting for a HR Administrator to join their team on a full time permanent basis.
1. Office Based Role – Not Hybrid
2. Level 3 CIPD
3. Salary: £30-36,000
The Role:
Recruitment
4. Implement the Safer Recruitment Policy and maintain the Single Central Register of Appointments (SCR).
5. Administer all recruitment activities including advertising, liaising with recruitment agencies, managing applications, scheduling interviews, and attending interviews as needed.
6. Manage the full recruitment cycle for staff and contractors, ensuring compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines.
7. Liaise with external recruitment agencies and providers of co-curricular clubs, afterschool care, and visiting professionals to ensure vetting and safeguarding compliance.
8. Conduct DBS checks, Right to Work checks, and ensure all necessary documentation is completed for staff, contractors, governors, and volunteers.
HR Administration & Personnel Management
9. Maintain accurate personnel records and HR databases.
10. Administer contracts, variations, leavers, and salary reviews.
11. Monitor and support HR processes including induction, probation, appraisal, absence, maternity, and performance management.
12. Provide advice on HR matters including disciplinaries, grievances, and capability procedures.
13. Liaise with legal advisers and senior managers to ensure compliance and communication across the School.
Payroll
14. Liaise with the Finance Department to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.
15. Ensure all salary data, including new starters, leavers, and contractual changes, is correctly recorded and communicated.
16. Support the calculation and implementation of annual salary reviews and pay awards.
17. Monitor and report monthly payroll changes including absences, allowances, and deductions.
18. Ensure payroll-related documentation is maintained and securely stored.
Compliance and Reporting
19. Keep up to date with employment legislation and HR best practice.
20. Review and update HR policies and procedures regularly.
21. Compile termly reports for Senior Managers.
22. Support ISI inspections and annual census data submissions.
23. Ensure training records are maintained, and refresher sessions are scheduled.
Essential
24. Excellent organisational skills, the ability to prioritise for self and others, and be able to work on own initiative.
25. Excellent literacy and proofreading skills and high attention to detail.
26. Excellent numeracy to GCSE level or equivalent.
27. Strong IT skills and a willingness to undertake further training as necessary
28. The ability to multi-task and work to and achieve tight and / or changing deadlines.
29. Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
30. Able to relate well to all staff, both teaching and support
31. A positive, pro-active and forward-thinking manner
32. A respect for colleagues and an understanding both of education in general and of the school’s specific ethos and aims
33. A commitment to the safeguarding of, pastoral care of, and respect for children.
Desirable
34. Educated to degree level or equivalent
35. Experience of managing an HR function, ideally in an educational setting
36. Strong in-depth knowledge of current employment legislation and HR best practice
37. Good practical knowledge of the application of the General Data Protection Regulations
38. Relevant Human Resources qualifications e.g. CIPD and experience (minimum Level 3)
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