HR Recruitment Administrator

The Role and the Department

People are the most important asset of Durham University and our HR 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. Build ing 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 leading role in creating a working environment for our staff (and potential staff) which is supportive, stimulating and informative, whilst providing for creative and innovative employment practices and oppor tunities. Our aim is to make sure that Durham University is a great place to work. The University HR Recruitment Team provides support for all staff recruitment within the University and the recruitment of world leading colleagues is a strategic priority.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the HR Recruitment Team, where you can use your passion for recruitment to really make a difference to the Durham University community. Working as part of a supportive and thriving team, you’ll provide recruitment support to our colleagues and customers across the business, and give our candidates a fantastic recruitment experience. The work we do includes working collaboratively to recruit world-class talent into our University community. We are dedicated to lead on the tasks we are responsible for and to see it through from start to finish to deliver excellent results.

You will have previous administration experience working on multiple tasks at the same time. You will be able to work well in a team, with the ability to multi task, and prioritise workloads to ensure you meet your deadlines. You’ll be comfortable working on systems, including our Recruitment System, and have working knowledge of Micr osoft Office products such as Word and Excel.

You’ll be an effective team member and work with minimum supervision. You’ll get to work on a variety of roles – both volume and niche – and have the opportunity to join us at a really exciting time.

If you are self-motivated and like working collaboratively, then this is the role for you!

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