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

Benefits offered by this job

Great pension

Generous holidays

Job summary

Exeter College in Barnstaple is seeking a People Administrator to join the HR team. This full-time, permanent role offers a salary from £24,522 per year with an on-site arrangement.

The successful candidate will handle queries, post adverts, organise interviews, process contract changes, perform background checks and arrange travel and accommodation, contributing to a busy FE college environment. The role emphasizes enthusiasm, collaboration, superb organisation and a proactive, customer‑facing

Qualifications

• Be supremely organised and able to multi-task.
• Excellent customer service skills and teamwork.
• Quick to learn new systems with a sound academic track record.

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

Learn quickly

Multi-tasking

Job description

People Administrator - Barnstaple

Company: Exeter College

Salary: from £24,522 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Barnstaple, EX31 2BQ

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 18 Sept 2026

Closing date: 4 Oct 2026

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

Why join us?

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

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.

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