HR Officer

Cardinalnewman; Preston; On-site; GBP 27,733 - 31,324; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension schemes

25 days holidays plus 4 concessionary/

On-site gym access

Staff development opportunities

Job summary

Cardinal Newman College is seeking an HR Officer to support staff and new starters, handling queries promptly and professionally while ensuring accurate HR administration across databases and trackers.

The role involves recruitment support, onboarding progress updates, and liaising with external agencies as needed, with a focus on following established processes to maintain high data quality and safeguarding of students and staff.

Qualifications

• Educated to Level 3 or equivalent with strong admin experience.
• Experience in administrative roles requiring accuracy and process adherence.
• Familiarity with safer recruitment guidelines and onboarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as initial point of contact for staff and new starters.
• Support staff recruitment from advert to pre-employment checks with accuracy.
• Maintain HR systems, staff files, trackers and ensure records are up to date.
• Monitor probation, mandatory training, inductions, equality data and performance data.
• Assist in organising staff events and liaise with external agencies as needed.
• Adhere to established processes using checklists and tracking systems.

Skills

Recruitment support

Onboarding

Staff queries handling

Attention to detail

Education

Level 3 qualification

Tools

HR database

Tracking systems

Job description

HR Officer

We welcome applications for this support post to commence as soon as possible.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include:

• Serve as the initial point of contact for current staff and new starters, addressing queries promptly and professionally.
• Support all aspects of staff recruitment, from advertisement to completion of preemployment checks, with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy, ensuring compliance with safer recruitment guidelines, a proactive approach to reducing time-to-hire, and regular updates to managers on onboarding progress.
• Accurately manage and deliver all HR administrative processes, including maintaining the HR database, staff files, the staff hub and related trackers, ensuring records are complete, up to date and checked against relevant source information
• Track, monitor, and take appropriate action on key HR data, including probation, mandatory training, induction milestones, equality data, and performance data.
• To assist in the organisation of staff events.
• Liaise with external agencies to support the HR function as needed.For the full job description please see attached 'Job Pack'.

The Successful Candidate

Cardinal Newman College is a wonderful place to work, and this is an exciting opportunity for a enthusiastic candidate to join our friendly and well established HR department.

The HR Department is looking for someone who is educated to Level 3, has experience in administrative role(s) requiring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, and is able to follow established processes while using checklists and tracking systems consistently.

You should display the values, attitudes, and behaviours consistent with the Catholic Ethos of the College and have a commitment to equality/diversity and the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: 37 hours per week, full year. Starting and finishing times as agreed.

Salary: The post will be paid on the Sixth Form Colleges' Support Staff Pay Spine at points 10 to 14 - pro rata to £27,733 to £31,324 per annum.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 11.59pm on Sunday 9th August 2026(we reserve the right to close the advert in advance of this date).

Why work at Cardinal Newman College?

We are a happy and thriving Catholic Sixth Form College committed to equality and diversity, welcoming colleagues from all backgrounds into our community irrespective of their religion or belief, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital or pregnancy status.

An outstanding college in every aspect, Cardinal Newman is one of the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally for Value Added. We recognise the invaluable contribution our dedicated staff make to the success of our students and the College as whole. As such, our aim is to foster a culture where staff feel valued and supported.

We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including:

• Generous Pension schemes for both teachers and support staff
• Pro rata to 25 days holidays plus 4 concessionary days and bank holidays for support staff
• Staff are contractually entitled to time off at Christmas in line with the college holidays, usually around 2 weeks.
• A genuine commitment to staff health and wellbeing
• Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and Techscheme
• Free use of the on-site gym
• Access to professional development and the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications through apprenticeships
• Flu Vouchers
• Staff savings scheme

More detailed information on further staff benefits can be found within our staff perks document attached.

Further Information

Further details are available at http://www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk/ or by telephone to the college on 01772 460181 or 07730 521 540.

All offers of appointment are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance as well as a range of other safer recruitment checks.