People and Culture Administrator

Confidential; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing programme

Volunteer days

Staff retreats

Annual leave pro rata

Job summary

Church Mission Society is seeking a part-time People and Culture Administrator to provide vital HR‑focused support, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll and contract administration, while fostering collaborative relationships across staff.

This hybrid role is based at CMS House, Oxford, 28 hours per week with 60% office presence. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and communication skills and be aligned with CMS values.

Qualifications

• Proven administrative experience and excellent communication skills.
• Scheduling and organisational skills with ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Experience in an HR setting is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the people and culture team, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll and contract administration.
• Foster collaborative relationships between staff at all levels and contribute to staff development.
• Support a climate of safeguarding and wellbeing in line with CMS policies.

Job description

People and Culture Administrator

Do you have excellent administrative and communication skills? Enjoy working with a wide variety of people?

• - Permanent, part-time 28 hours per week
• - Hybrid working - sixty per cent office presence at CMS House, Oxford
• - Starting salary £28,170 per annum (full-time equivalent) meaning £22,536 pa for 0.8 FTE (28 hours per week)with a generous pension contribution: up to 10 per cent employer contribution on annual salary
• - CMS offers 36 days of annual leave pro rata (including bank holidays) as well as enhanced paid sickness, maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• - CMS supports the mental wellbeing of its employees and offers a generous rewards and wellbeing package, including:
  • o access to 24/7 employee assistance programme with qualified counsellors
  • o regular wellbeing coffee mornings
  • o support on menopause for women
  • o up to three volunteer days per year
  • o retreats and resources for prayer life

We welcome applications from everyone. We particularly welcome applications from women and individuals from minority groups as they are currently underrepresented within our organisation at this level. All appointments are made on merit of skill, experience and potential as set out in the job description and person specification.

Your role

Your role is to provide vital administrative support to the people and culture team, specifically relating to HR, which includes recruitment, onboarding, payroll and contract administration. In so doing, you'll contribute to the development and maintenance of a climate of collaborative relationships between staff at all levels, and the attraction, retention and development of employees working to fulfil CMS's mission.

The organisation you'll be joining

Church Mission Society is comprised of people who are passionate about mission and fired up about helping people follow Jesus. For over 200 years CMS has been at the forefront of global mission, living out the gospel of Jesus, seeing lives changed and communities transformed. If you join CMS, you will find an organisation that has been reinvigorated with a fresh vision to make disciples of Jesus among people at the edges, both in the UK and around the world.

What you'll need to succeed

The successful candidate will have proven administrative experience and enjoy working with a wide range of people. You will have excellent communication skills, plus scheduling and organisational skills, and enjoy a variety of responsibilities within the role. Experience within an HR setting would be an advantage.

You will need to be in sympathy with the aims and values of Church Mission Society.

Further details can be found in the job description and person specification available to download on the CMS website.

Our commitment to you

Our core values of being pioneering, relational, faithful and evangelistic are integral to everything we do, and we work hard to ensure that every member of staff is valued, supported and encouraged to continually learn and develop their skills.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of the people we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff. We believe that every child or adult we come into contact with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm and abuse. Our recruitment and selection processes are in line with our Safeguarding Policy and the SCHR Misconduct Disclosure Scheme , which CMS is a member of as part of our commitment to safeguarding.

Closing date

We must get your application by midnight on Sunday 1 November 2026

Interviews are planned to be held on Tuesday 10 November 2026 at CMS House, Oxford.

Candidates for all UK roles must already be eligible to work in the UK, with a valid visa and work permit if required.

As a member of the Inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, CMS has committed to systematically check with previous employers from the last five years for any 'SEAH' (Sexual Exploitation, Abuse or Harassment) issues relating to all potential new hires.