HR Support Assistant - Recruitment

CEMP; East Devon; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in East Devon is seeking an HR Support Assistant to provide vital recruitment support within its HR team. This temporary position offers competitive pay and the opportunity for hybrid working. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organisational and data management skills. Deadline for applications is December 2, 2025.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to organise own workload to meet deadlines.
• Experience with various HR systems for data handling.
• Capable of maintaining confidential records.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality support to internal and external customers.
• Complete pre-employment checks in accordance with performance measures.
• Manage queries or transactional functions promptly.

Skills

Organisational skills

Data management

Customer focus

Job description

HR Support Assistant - Recruitment | 9404 | Temporary Contract until 31st July 2026 | 37 hours per week | £25,583 to £25,989 (Scale D) | County Hall, Norwich

The HR Recruitment Team provide high quality support, information and guidance within the professional area to internal and external customers.

You must be able to organise your own workload so that deadlines can be met and ensuring pre-employment checks are completed accurately and in accordance with agreed performance measures.

You will be using various HR systems to access, input and compile data. Keep comprehensive confidential records on all client interactions in accordance with established processes and ensuring that queries or transactional functions are dealt with promptly and effectively.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• Norfolk Rewards our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 25 November 2025 23:59

Closing Date: 2 December 2025 23:59