Summary

The post-holder will form a key part in the day-to-day processes of the HR administration team working to provide timely, accurate and professional administrative support to HR and a wide range of different areas and projects that impact the departments.

Purpose of the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the School of Clinical Medicine. The Departments of Radiology, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Genomic Medicine have clustered their Professional Services staff to form one integrated team with specialist groups in HR, Finance and Education. This team will manage all administrative matters across the five departments. The post-holder will form a key part in the day-to-day processes of the HR administration team working to provide timely, accurate and professional administrative support to HR and a wide range of different areas and projects that impact the Departments.

Key responsibilities:

Becoming an apprentice at the University of Cambridge is an excellent opportunity to gain experience and training. You will learn on the job by working with an experienced professional service team and have allocated study time to complete coursework. You will contribute to the daily organisational tasks of a highly successful team.

• Provide administrative support across all HR functions
• Assist with HR administration in accordance with university policies and procedures, including recruitment, probation, performance & development reviews, starters & leavers, holiday & sickness records, visiting workers, contract extensions, and investigations
• Receive calls and take messages, liaise with other departments and organisations
• Organise small-scale events or meetings (book rooms, order refreshments, send out invites and directions etc.), and organise routine travel arrangements.
• Handle enquiries and correspondence as the first point of contact, reply to straightforward enquiries and refer others as appropriate, sort and distribute incoming posts, and monitor the general email inbox to ensure all enquiries are responded to or passed to relevant members of staff.
• Assist with the organisation of larger events including the Welcome Induction sessions, Wellbeing initiatives and staff training courses
• Assist with maintaining filing and data management to GDPR standards
• Provide comprehensive support to the Senior HR Coordinator, picking up duties where required

Successful completion of the apprenticeship will lead to a Level 3 qualification in HR Support through the awarding body, CIPD.

Employment

Employer

The School of Clinical Medicine currently employs nearly 3,000 people, spanning all varieties of staff type from Academic Professors to administrative support.  The School aims to provide leadership in education, discovery and healthcare. It will achieve this through; inspirational teaching and training, outstanding basic and clinical research and integration of these to improve medical practice for both individual patients and the population. The School will: Through inspirational teaching and training, educate individuals who: will become exceptional doctors or biomedical scientists combine a depth of scientific understanding with outstanding clinical and communication skills demonstrate a caring, compassionate and professional approach to patients and the public and are equipped to become future international leaders of their profession. Through its commitment to the pursuit of excellence, support scientists of international standing in basic and clinical research aiming to: understand fundamental biology and thereby the mechanisms underlying disease integrate basic and clinical research apply a rigorous mechanism-based approach to clinical problems and innovate to solve the health challenges of our society.

Training Provider

Training To Be Provided

The learner will be studying the HR Support Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification, including study for the CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice.

How To Apply

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