HR Assistant Advisor

Preston College; Preston; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Preston College is seeking a hardworking HR Assistant Advisor to join the HR Team in Fulwood, Lancashire. The role focuses on recruitment support, data entry into the HR system, and producing reports for management information and KPIs. You will advise managers and staff on terms and conditions and participate in HR system development projects.

The College offers a range of benefits and a pathway to progress within HR, with a strong focus on workforce development and strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join busy HR team.

Responsibilities

• Administer HR tasks to deliver the people component of the College's strategic plan.
• Provide a busy recruitment service and source best recruits for teaching and support roles.
• Accurately input data into the integrated HR system and extract reports for management information and KPIs.
• Provide HR advice and guidance to managers and staff on terms and conditions of service.
• Lead key projects around HR systems development and updates to templates and forms.
• Support people metrics, data collection, and implementation of updated employment terms.

Skills

Recruitment support

Data entry

Reporting

HR advising

Stakeholder management

Tools

HRIS system

Job description

HR Assistant Advisor

Preston College View all jobs

• Location: Fulwood, Lancashire
• Salary: £27,387-29,052 per year
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Full-time
• Posted: 6 hours ago

The Human Resources Department provides HR and Staff Development services to approximately 500 staff and 50 managers. As a team we ensure our service delivery is timely and reliable. Our People Strategy sets out the interventions required to underpin the College's Strategic Plan to ensure our workforce is able to successfully deliver against the College's overall aims and objectives.

Preston College is looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join its busy HR Team as a Human Resources Assistant Advisor.

You will play a vital role administering the HR tasks required to deliver the people component of the College strategic plan. We are looking for someone with the passion to join the HR team and progress your HR career. You will help drive our College performance by providing a busy recruitment service, finding the best recruits in teaching and support services; accurately inputting data into our integrated HR system and extracting reports for management information and KPIs; together with providing HR advice and guidance to both managers and staff on our terms and conditions of service. You will be assigned a number of key projects around the development of our HR systems, update of our HR templates and forms; people metrics including data collection and the implementation of updated employment terms and conditions.

At Preston College our vision is 'to transform lives through education', and we take great pride in supporting all of our students to achieve the qualifications they need, alongside the development of technical skills and knowledge that employers and universities are looking for.

We are rated Good by Ofsted and have been recognised as making a 'strong' contribution to skills. We are ambitious in seeking excellent outcomes for our students, communities, employers and staff.

We have a strong College culture, underpinned by five key values developed with our diverse body of staff:

• Welcoming and inclusive
• Supportive and compassionate
• Aspirational for our learners, ourselves and each other
• Act with integrity and transparency
• Be accountable

With Outstanding financial health, the College provides generous terms and conditions that are intended to attract, motivate and retain the best people in delivery of our strategic objectives.

Our Board of Governors is committed to an ambitious Three Year Plan, which sets out our aspirations from 2023 to 2026, currently being updated for the next three years.

Job Details

• Job Title: HR Assistant Advisor
• Salary: Job family Group 5 (SCP 16 to 20) £27,387 to £29,052 per annum pro rata depending on qualifications and experience. There will be an opportunity for progression within this pay range.
• Hours: 37 hours per week, 1 FTE, Permanent
• Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 20 September 2026
• Interview Date: Friday 02 October 2026

The successful candidate for this appointment will be required to apply for appropriate disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring service, at a cost to the successful appointee.

About us

Our mission is to inspire, educate and support our diverse community to reach its potential. We pride ourselves on our community focus, with a diverse mix of students and staff, and plan our curriculum and other activities to give everyone the chance to truly achieve what they are capable of. We believe that we are inspirational in what we do, and that the support we offer to both our students and our staff is second to none.

What we offer

Preston College has achieved a prestigious 'Gold' award by Investors in People, and we have a wide range of benefits for staff. Some of these are outlined below. For a full list visit:

• Professional Development Opportunities including staff days and supported CPD.
• Opportunities to obtain qualifications essential to your role and support to achieve them.
• Opportunities for career and pay progression, including annual cost of living increases.
• Generous Annual Leave entitlement.
• Local Government Pension Scheme / Teacher's Pension Scheme.
• Family friendly college policies including special leave, career break, job share and flexible working (role dependent).
• Free car parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Access to health and fitness suite, hair and beauty treatments and a range of other benefits.