HR Administrator at Durham University

The Role and the Department

People are the most important asset of Durham University and our HROD Department is pivotal in ensuring that we attract, recruit, develop, reward and retain the very best talent from across the world into our University community. Building on our bold and ambitious University Strategy, a key role of HR is to secure the University’s strategic aim, ‘to be a world leading employer’ by ensuring that our staff can reach their full potential. The HR Department plays a lead role in creating a working environment for our staff (and potential staff) which is supportive, stimulating and informative which provides for creative and innovative employment practices and opportunities. Our aim is to make sure that Durham University is a great place to work.

The role of HR Administrator will be based in the Employee Relations team. They will provide a responsive and proactive support service for stakeholders; including HR Business Partners and Advisors. The role will involve a range of administrative support, including minute taking, solving day-to-day routine problems and recording data and information accurately and provide reports (including statistical) as required to team members.

This role is a fixed term full time role (maternity cover, nine months), Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. This role provides the opportunity to work a hybrid working pattern aligned to business requirements.