HR Administrator

LEEDS ARTS UNIVERSITY; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Enhanced DBS check

Flexible working

Job summary

Leeds Arts University is seeking a Part-time HR Administrator to join a small team. The role focuses on recruitment support, onboarding of new staff, and handling HR data with confidentiality. The post involves 18.5 hours per week (Mon, Tue and Wed AM) and requires strong Microsoft Office skills and experience in an HR environment.

Enhanced DBS check applies. The role is based mainly on our Further Education site with the university campus in Leeds.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in an administrative role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in an HR environment.
• Strong planning and organizational skills and workload management.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications; familiarity with an HR system.

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment and employee relations issues.
• Act as first point of contact for email queries for recruitment issues.
• Co-ordinate all administrative aspects of recruitment and onboarding of new staff.
• Enter records onto the HR system and take notes to support employee relations meetings.
• Provide support on payroll, training and timetabling to assist the team.

Skills

Administrative experience

Verbal and written communication

Confidentiality

Planning and organisation

Microsoft Office

Job description

Part time – 18.5 hours/week (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday AM)

Contract

Permanent

Sunday 27 September 2026 at 11.59pm

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Leeds Arts University is the only specialist arts university in the North of England. We have contributed significantly to the development of arts education for over 180 years, and have developed a national and international reputation based on the achievements of our students and staff.

A vacancy has arisen for a part time HR Administrator working as part of a team and the role includes a wide range of responsibilities but primarily acts to support recruitment and employee relations issues. The post acts as the first point of contact for email queries for recruitment issues, assists in the co-ordination of all administrative aspects of recruitment and the onboarding of new staff, enters records onto the HR system and takes notes to support employee relations meetings. The postholder will from time to time provide support on payroll, training, and timetabling to assist the team in managing workloads.

Candidates should have substantial and relevant experience in an administrative role, possess proven excellent verbal and written communication skills, and have the ability to maintain the strict level of confidentiality required in an HR environment. The successful candidate will also have proven excellent planning and organisational, being able to manage their own workload within the team. Much of our work takes place on digital platforms so we expect proficiency in Microsoft applications and a willingness to learn (or experience of) an HR system. The full person specification for this role can be found in the job description.

This role is based on our Further Education site and as such the successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Interviews will be held in person on Friday 16 October 2026

If you have any enquiries, please contact us at [e-mail].

Leeds Arts University is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all learners and expect our staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be made on merit, and as an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. In recognition of our commitment to create a diverse team that draws from our widest talent pool, we would particularly encourage applications from groups who are currently under-represented at this level, which in this case is our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants.

We are committed to offering a flexible approach to staff with regards to their work, for which we operate home working principles to facilitate a hybrid mode of site/remote working. The primary location for work is the University campus in Leeds, West Yorkshire.