HR Administrator

The Department of Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge is at the forefront of veterinary science and education and is a centre of excellence for teaching and research. Veterinary Medicine is a large, multidisciplinary department whose scientific activities are fully integrated into the whole University. The Department hosts Undergraduate and Postgraduate students and it operates small animal and equine hospitals and equine and farm animal clinical services in order to provide clinical teaching material. The majority of the research groups are housed in Department buildings on the University's West Cambridge Site, and others are based across the Schools of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences and Clinical Medicine.

The Department is seeking an experienced HR Administrator to support human resource administration within the Clinical team in order to provide an effective and efficient service. You will support a wide range of HR related issues and processes, including carrying out general HR administration to ensure the smooth running of all aspects of the employment life cycle.

You will be expected to take a proactive and flexible approach to your work and will have relevant HR administrative experience. You will have excellent organisational skills, the ability to work on your own initiative, prioritise work, maintain accuracy, confidentiality and work to tight deadlines. You will have excellent administrative skills including competence in IT packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook. Evidence of the ability to apply first class customer service skills and to work collaboratively are key.

The role is offered with a salary of between £25,742- £29,605 per annum depending on experience, plus on call allowance and an abundance of benefits such as:

• 36.5 hour working week
• Enhanced annual leave allowance of 36 days including bank holidays
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Access to CAMbens employee discounts
• Cycle to work scheme and travel to work loan scheme
• Family friendly benefits and enhanced leave
• Health and Wellbeing benefits such as discounted membership to the University's Sport Centre
• Training and Development and Career Development

To submit an application for this vacancy, please click on the link 'Apply online' or visit the vacancy pages on the following website: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk  This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) before completing the online application form. Further particulars for the role and information about the Department www.vet.cam.ac.uk.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

Closing Date: 15 October 2023

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

For informal enquiries please contact the Clinical HR Team at qvsh.hr@vet.cam.ac.uk

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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