People Administrator

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Bovington; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tank Museum in Bovington, UK, is seeking an HR Generalist to join as People Administrator on a permanent full-time basis. You will provide advice across a broad range of people matters and help administer key HR processes for employees and volunteers.

You will support recruitment, onboarding, payroll, learning and development, wellbeing, performance, and payroll administration, with on-site work required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a generalist HR role.
• Experience advising managers, employees and volunteers.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Proficient in MS Word and MS Excel.
• Experience supporting employee relations processes (absence, disciplinary, grievance or performance).
• Experience with recruitment and onboarding activities.
• Ability to manage HR databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional HR service to managers, employees and volunteers across the museum.
• Be the first point of contact for day-to-day people queries and guidance on policies.
• Assist in the monthly payroll process.
• Support managers through the employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, probation, performance, development, offboarding).
• Coordinate recruitment activities and onboarding for vacancies; support pre-employment checks.
• Administer onboarding for new employees and volunteers; keep documentation & induction up to date.
• Maintain accurate employee and volunteer records.
• Support employee relations matters: letters, meetings, notes.
• Provide pastoral support to apprentices across the museum.
• Coordinate work experience placements with schools and internal departments.
• Maintain accurate training records.

Skills

HR Generalist

Advising managers

Confidentiality

Prioritization

MS Word

MS Excel

Sage 50 Payroll

Recruitment

Onboarding

Employee relations

HR databases

Tools

Sage 50 Payroll

Job description

Location: On site / Bovington, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Heritage | Museums
AnnualFixed salary:£ 32000.00

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. However, please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and can only consider applicants who already have the right to work in the UK.

As a trusted HR generalist, the People Administrator will provide advice and guidance across a broad range of people matters while ensuring the effective administration of key people processes and activities. This includes supporting recruitment and onboarding, employee and volunteer engagement, learning and development, performance management, wellbeing, employee relations, reward, and payroll.

Key Accountabilities:

• To provide a professional and responsive HR service to managers, employees and volunteers across the museum.
• Act as first point of contact for day-to-day people queries, providing advice and guidance on policies, procedures, and employment related matters, escalating more complex issues when required.
• Assist in the monthly payroll process.
• Support managers throughout the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, probation management, performance discussions, development and offboarding.
• Co-ordinate recruitment activities, including setting up vacancies, managing candidate communication, on-boarding and supporting pre-employment checks.
• Administer the onboarding process for new employees and volunteers, ensuring all documentation, systems and induction activities are completed.
• Maintain accurate employee and volunteer records.
• Support the administration of employee relations matters, including preparing letters, arranging meetings, maintaining records and taking accurate notes where required.
• Provide pastoral support and guidance to apprentices across the museum.
• Co-ordinate work experience placements, including communicating with students, schools and internal departments.
• Maintain accurate training records.

What you will bring:

• Experience of working in a generalist HR role.
• Experience providing advice, guidance or support to managers, employees, volunteers.
• The ability to manage confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Experience of managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Good Microsoft word and excel skills.
• Experience supporting employee relation processes such as absence, disciplinary, grievance or performance matters.
• Experience of Sage 50 payroll.
• Experience of recruitment and onboarding activities.
• The ability to manage HR databases.

Due to the nature of this role you will be required to work on-site. Hybrid or home workers will not be considered.

Interviews: To be held on 13th & 15th October 2026.

The application closing date is 6 th October 2026.

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