HR Administrator

Cummins Mellor; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 886,000 - 1,107,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Mellor is assisting a busy education sector organisation in Blackburn with an 8-week temporary HR Administrator role, supporting HR and recruitment processes and maintaining confidential records. You will assist with offers, references, inductions and pre-employment checks while handling casework with care.

We’re seeking an organised administrator with excellent attention to detail, good IT skills and the ability to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Strong administration experience and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks, people and deadlines.
• Good communication skills across all levels.
• Confident using systems and databases with IT skills.
• Professional, approachable, and able to handle confidential information.
• Proactive, able to work independently.
• Previous HR or school administration experience is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for routine HR enquiries.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records.
• Support starters, leavers, contracts and pre-employment checks.
• Coordinate recruitment activity and interview arrangements.
• Prepare offer letters and update HR systems.
• Liaise with candidates, employees and managers by phone and email.
• Provide general administrative support to the wider team.

Skills

Administration

Attention to detail

Organisation

Communication

IT skills

Job description

8 Week Temporary Assignment | Full Time

Are you an experienced Administrator looking for a temporary opportunity within a busy and rewarding environment?

We’re working with an established organisation within the education sector that is looking for an organised and detail-focused HR Administrator to join their team on an 8-week temporary assignment. This is a varied administrative role supporting the day-to-day running of HR and recruitment processes. Previous HR experience isn’t essential. We’re looking for someone who is a really strong administrator, highly organised, confident coordinating people and processes, and has excellent attention to detail.

The Role

• Acting as a first point of contact for routine HR enquiries and providing day-to-day administrative support.
• Maintaining accurate and confidential employee records and HR systems.
• Supporting starters, leavers, contract changes, references, inductions and pre-employment checks.
• Keeping relevant records and checks up to date.
• Supporting recruitment activity, including application checks, preparing interview information, arranging interviews and coordinating diaries.
• Preparing offer letters and ensuring information is accurately recorded.Updating systems with employee and candidate information.
• Liaising with candidates, employees and managers by phone and email.
• Providing general administrative support to the wider team.

About You

You’ll be organised, reliable and confident managing a busy workload where accuracy, confidentiality and good communication are really important.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong administration experience and excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to coordinate multiple tasks, people and deadlines effectively.
• Good communication skills and confidence dealing with people at all levels.
• Confidence using systems and databases, with good general IT skills.
• A professional and approachable manner, with the ability to handle confidential information sensitively.
• A proactive approach and the ability to work independently.
• Previous HR or school administration experience would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Due to the nature of the role, a DBS check will be required. Ideally, you will already hold a DBS on the Update Service, although candidates who are able to obtain the required DBS clearance will also be considered.

Interested?

If you’re a strong Administrator looking for an 8-week temporary assignment and feel your skills could be a good fit, we’d love to hear from you.