HR Administrator

Northumbria University; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Excellent pension schemes

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Northumbria University invites applications for a fixed-term HR Support role up to 6 months. You will handle contract changes, leaver processes, DBS checks, occupational health administration and respond to employee and manager queries.

You’ll contribute to accurate records, timely responses and proactive service delivery in a busy HR team. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, you’ll join the People and Organisational Culture team and work with colleagues across the university.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Attention to accuracy

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day HR service tasks
• Handle contract changes and leaver processes
• Process DBS checks and occupational health administration
• Respond to employee and manager queries
• Maintain accurate HR records and respond to audits

Job description

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.

Job Description

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.

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.

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.