HR Officer

Cardinal Newman College • Permanent • Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom • £27.73k - £31.32k / year • 1d ago

HR Officer

We welcome applications for this support post to commence as soon as possible.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include:

Serve as the initial point of contact for current staff and new starters, addressing queries promptly and professionally.
Support all aspects of staff recruitment, from advertisement to completion of preemployment checks, with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy, ensuring compliance with safer recruitment guidelines, a proactive approach to reducing time-to-hire, and regular updates to managers on onboarding progress.
Accurately manage and deliver all HR administrative processes, including maintaining the HR database, staff files, the staff hub and related trackers, ensuring records are complete, up to date and checked against relevant source information
Track, monitor, and take appropriate action on key HR data, including probation, mandatory training, induction milestones, equality data, and performance data.
To assist in the organisation of staff events.
Liaise with external agencies to support the HR function as needed.For the full job description please see attached ‘Job Pack’.

The Successful Candidate

Cardinal Newman College is a wonderful place to work, and this is an exciting opportunity for a enthusiastic candidate to join our friendly and well established HR department.

The HR Department is looking for someone who is educated to Level 3, has experience in administrative role(s) requiring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, and is able to follow established processes while using checklists and tracking systems consistently.

You should display the values, attitudes, and behaviours consistent with the Catholic Ethos of the College and have a commitment to equality/diversity and the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: 37 hours per week, full year. Starting and finishing times as agreed.

Salary: The post will be paid on the Sixth Form Colleges’ Support Staff Pay Spine at points 10 to 14 - pro rata to £27,733 to £31,324 per annum.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 11.59pm on Sunday 9th August 2026(we reserve the right to close the advert in advance of this date).

Why work at Cardinal Newman College?

We are a happy and thriving Catholic Sixth Form College committed to equality and diversity, welcoming colleagues from all backgrounds into our community irrespective of their religion or belief, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital or pregnancy status.

An outstanding college in every aspect, Cardinal Newman is one of the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally for Value Added. We recognise the invaluable contribution our dedicated staff make to the success of our students and the College as whole. As such, our aim is to foster a culture where staff feel valued and supported.

We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including:

Generous Pension schemes for both teachers and support staff
Pro rata to 25 days holidays plus 4 concessionary days and bank holidays for support staff
Staff are contractually entitled to time off at Christmas in line with the college holidays, usually around 2 weeks.
A genuine commitment to staff health and wellbeing
Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and Techscheme
Free use of the on-site gym
Access to professional development and the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications through apprenticeships
Flu Vouchers
Staff savings scheme

More detailed information on further staff benefits can be found within our staff perks document attached.

Completed application forms should be submitted by 11.59pm on Sunday 9th August 2026.

We will confirm receipt of all applications by email within one working day of receipt. Please call the HR team if you have not received a confirmation email by the closing date. We do ask that you accept, in the interests of economy, that if you have not heard from us by the end of August that you have not been selected for interview on this occasion.

Further Information

Further details are available at (url removed) or by telephone to the college on (phone number removed) or (phone number removed).

All offers of appointment are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance as well as a range of other safer recruitment checks.

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