HR Administrator

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Wolverhampton Council is recruiting an HR Administrator for Adult Education Wolverhampton in the city centre. The role supports a busy college team with day-to-day HR tasks, such as queries, SCR maintenance, pay claims, absence reporting, and recruitment campaigns, while aligning with Ofsted expectations and strong HR knowledge.

The post is part-time (22.2 hours/week, fixed location) based at the Adult Education College campus.

Qualifications

• Experience of HR practices and handling queries.
• Maintenance of the Single Central Record (SCR).
• Awareness of Ofsted and HR processes; effective communicator.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational HR support to a busy college team.
• Assist managers with HR functions and recruitment campaigns.
• Process pay claims, monitor and report absences, and support HR tasks.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Job description

Salary: £16,364 - £17,443 per annum (Grade 4 - £27,274 - £29,071 Pro Rata)

Contract Type: Part time, permanent

Workstyle: Fixed - City Learning Quarter

A great opportunity has arisen at Adult Education Wolverhampton for and HR Administrator. Supporting a busy college team, we are looking for someone who has excellent organisation skills and a genuine desire to help. As a diligent, patient and highly organised administrator with experience of HR practices, you will support a busy team with day to day operational HR tasks such as dealing with queries, maintaining the Single Central Record, processing pay claims, monitoring and reporting absences, supporting managers with HR functions and recruitment campaigns. You should have an awareness of Ofsted, a good working knowledge of HR processes and be an effective communicator.

City of Wolverhampton Council,

HR Administrator

Hours: 22.2 hours per week (0.6 FTE) over 4 days to include Monday and Tuesday

Adult Education Wolverhampton is a City Centre Adult Learning campus with a great team of around 100 staff service and 2000 students.

This will be an exciting role for someone with the skills, knowledge and genuine desire to help others and make a difference.

This is a office based post and will be situated at our Adult Education College campus in Wolverhampton City Centre.

Rated by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ provider, Adult Education Wolverhampton delivers high quality learning opportunities that inspire, challenge and lead to further learning and employment to the people of Wolverhampton and surrounding communities.

This post is subject to satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Interview date: 12th November 2026

We will notify you of the outcome of your application as soon as possible after the closing date.

For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Matt Tolley at [e-mail]

Our working arrangements

All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance. Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location. Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location. Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.

Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.

For more information about working for our organisation including the culture of the Council, the Council plan and vision, staff equality forums, core HR policies, employee benefits and much more please click here.

Diversity

We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion, and equality. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible, inclusive, and reflective of Wolverhampton residents.

Our status as a Disability Confident Employer showcases our commitment to people with disabilities or health conditions, advocating for their opportunities and potential.

We've received the Stonewall Gold Award, emphasising our dedication to the LGBT+ community by nurturing an inspiring, inclusive, and equal workplace.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the essential criteria for the post.

We encourage, inspire and value an inclusive culture here at the council where employees can flourish, thrive and be themselves. We have four staff equality forums for employees to join. These help to ensure our employees have a voice, they feel empowered to speak up and where everyone is treated with respect - Learn more about the staff equality forums here.

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders

We are committed to the fair treatment of all our employees, potential employees, or users of our service regardless of offending background. The Council uses the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for any vacancies that require a DBS check to obtain information about applicants to assess their suitability for employment in positions of trust. We do not discriminate unfairly against any individual on the basis of a conviction or any other information revealed as a result of a DBS disclosure - Learn more here.

Employment Information & Support

If you are considering applying for an apprenticeship or a role where the salary is (Grade 2-5), and would like to visit us to learn about the application, interview process and what it is like to work for the council, please click on this link to find out more - Learn more here.

Attached documents

HR Administrator JD and PS 2026.pdf