People Administrator - Barnstaple

Exeter and North Devon College; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Exeter and North Devon College in Barnstaple is seeking a People Administrator to join our HR team. The role focuses on delivering friendly, responsive administration and excellent customer service.

You’ll handle queries by phone, in person and email, post adverts, organise interviews, process contract changes, carry out background checks and book travel and accommodation to support a busy, forward-thinking team.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

Enthusiastic

Collaborative

Organised

Customer service

Fast learner

Team player

Multi-tasking

Education

Sound academic record

Job description

People Administrator - Barnstaple

Barnstaple, Devon

£24,522

Permanent

Exeter and North Devon College

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

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.