People Administrator - Barnstaple

Exeter College; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great pension

Generous holidays

Free counselling

Discounted supermarket shopping

Spa treatments

Electric cars

Paddleboarding

Job summary

Exeter College is seeking a proactive administrator to join the HR team in Barnstaple. You’ll handle queries by phone, email and in person, post adverts, and help organise interviews to ensure smooth recruitment processes.

Key attributes include enthusiasm, superb customer service, and strong organisational skills. You’ll be quick to learn new systems, multitask effectively, and support your team in a busy FE college environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in admin or customer service environments.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Responding to queries over the phone, in person and via email.
• Posting adverts (like this one!).
• Organising interviews.
• Processing contract changes.
• Carrying out background checks.
• Booking travel and accommodation.

Job description

Job Description and Person Specification

Super-organised? Quick learner? Brilliant at customer service? We’re looking for a positive, hardworking, approachable administrator to join our HR team.

What you’ll be doing…

• Responding to queries over the phone, in person and via email
• Posting adverts (like this one!)
• Organising interviews
• Processing contract changes
• Carrying out background checks
• Booking travel and accommodation

You’ll need to be

• Enthusiastic, collaborative and positive
• Supremely organised
• Brilliant at customer service
• Quick to learn new systems (with a sound academic track record)
• Keen to help your team-mates out
• Able to multi-task and prioritise without support

Why join us?

• Be part of an enthusiastic, friendly and ambitious team
• Join a rapidly growing FE College
• Great pension
• Generous holidays

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to students' college experience, helping them develop the skills, confidence and independence needed for success in education and beyond.

A mbition, C ollaboration, E nergy. These are our values. Watch this short video to learn more.

And see what our staff have to say here .

We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page .

Closing date:midnight 4th October 2026

Interviews will be in Barnstaple on Wednesday 14th October 2026

Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education).If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.