Trust Executive Assistant & HR Co-ordinator

University of Lincoln; Garnsgate; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Life Coaching

Financial Guidance

Legal Guidance

Mindfulness resources

Line manager coaching

Competitive salary and pension

Job summary

University of Lincoln is seeking a Trust Executive Assistant & HR Co-ordinator to support the Executive Leadership Team and the People function. You will coordinate meetings, communications, projects and HR processes, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with Trust values and statutory requirements.

You will act as a professional point of contact, support recruitment, onboarding, safeguarding checks and workforce reporting, and contribute to delivering the People Strategy.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational skills with high attention to detail.
• Discretion and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience supporting HR processes and executive teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality executive support to the Executive Leadership Team.
• Coordinate HR processes including recruitment, onboarding, safeguarding checks and workforce reporting.
• Manage employee records, policy implementation and employee engagement initiatives.
• Support data-driven decision-making and help ensure HR and leadership activities align with Trust values and statutory requirements.

Skills

Executive support

HR coordination

Discretion

Job description

The Trust Executive Assistant & HR Co-ordinator plays a key role in supporting both the Executive Leadership Team and the Trust's developing People function. Reporting to the Head of People & HR, the postholder provides high-quality executive support, ensuring the smooth coordination of strategic priorities, meetings, communications, projects and organisational activities across the Trust. Alongside executive support responsibilities, the role contributes to the delivery of the Trust's People Strategy through the effective administration and coordination of HR processes. This includes supporting recruitment, onboarding, compliance, safeguarding checks, workforce reporting, employee records management, policy implementation and employee engagement initiatives. This is a varied and developing position that requires excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, discretion and the ability to manage competing priorities. The successful postholder will act as a professional point of contact for colleagues and stakeholders, support data-driven decision-making, and help ensure that HR and leadership activities are delivered efficiently, consistently and in line with Trust values and statutory requirements. Working across both strategic and operational areas, the role offers the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the continued development of a high-quality, people-centred service that supports colleagues, leaders and academies to thrive.

In return we offer:

• Access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Employee benefits including Life Coaching, Financial and Legal Guidance and mindfulness and wellbeing resources.
• Dedicated coaching for line managers.
• Competitive salary and pension scheme.