HR Adviser

Trinity College, founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, is one of the largest Colleges in the University of Cambridge, steeped in centuries of history and innovation. The beauty and size of Trinity’s historic buildings and courts attract visitors from all over the world, but, with some 730 undergraduates, 340 graduate students, over 190 Fellows and around 350 non-academic staff the College is also a thriving, modern community.  It exists to give its members a rewarding, richly resourced, and intellectually inspiring place in which to pursue their education and research.

We are looking for an experienced HR Adviser who will act as a strategic business partner to a dedicated portfolio of Heads of Departments providing expert advice and guidance on HR best practice and taking a proactive role in dealing with casework ensuring compliance with UK law, best practice, College policies and procedures and decisions made by College Council and Committees. Initially, the Departments include the Bursary, Chapel and Music, Communications, Gardens, Health and Safety, IT, the Library, the Master’s Lodge, the New College Office, Tutorial and Works.

The successful candidate will have previous experience in a similar HR business partner role. Essential skills and experience include:

• Strong generalist HR experience in a business partnering or advisory capacity and an understanding of Committee led organisations.
• Exceptional knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing complex employee relations cases.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to interpret HR data and provide actionable insights.
• Experience supporting organisational change.
• Experience of Human Resource Information Systems (ideally Cascade) and developed IT Skills.

Excellent interpersonal skills are required to build effective professional relationships with stakeholders, providing coaching and support at all levels.

Trinity College prides itself on being a friendly employer which offers competitive rates of pay and terms and conditions. In addition to offering 25 days of holiday (plus 8 public holidays) a year, free lunch when working on-site, a generous pension scheme, private family health care, a cycle to work scheme (tax-free benefit) and a variety of health and social activities.

This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week), permanent role working Monday to Friday. Salary: £55,000 – £59,000 per annum, plus additional benefits.

For further details and application form, please click on the 'Apply' button above.

Applicants should complete the College application form setting out why you have applied for this role, with specific examples of how you meet the requirements of the post.

Completed application forms should be returned by Sunday 15 March 2026 to jobvacancies@trin.cam.ac.uk.

Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 25 March 2026.

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