People Operations Assistant (Support)
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Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/13/2025
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People Department
Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb Salary: £27,319 to £30,378 per annum Fixed Term End Date: 30/08/2026 Closing Date: Tuesday 26 August 2025 Reference: PD5015-25-171
Are you looking for a busy administrative role and have an interest in either gaining or expanding your knowledge of People Operations? If so, we have just the role for you.
We are looking for a full-time People Operations Assistant to join our People Operations Team to cover a period of maternity leave. The Team provides a key and significant service within the University (circa 2100 employees) and we are looking for someone who has proven high level administrative skills, is a proactive and clear communicator and has a keen eye for detail.
In This Role You Will
Previous experience of working in a People environment is not required as full training and support will be given. This role is eligible for agile working (working from home) for part of the week once formal training has been completed.
We reserve the right to bring the closing date for applications forward if a high volume of applications is received.
We very much look forward to receiving your application.
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The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb Salary: £27,319 to £30,378 per annum Fixed Term End Date: 30/08/2026 Closing Date: Tuesday 26 August 2025 Reference: PD5015-25-171
Are you looking for a busy administrative role and have an interest in either gaining or expanding your knowledge of People Operations? If so, we have just the role for you.
We are looking for a full-time People Operations Assistant to join our People Operations Team to cover a period of maternity leave. The Team provides a key and significant service within the University (circa 2100 employees) and we are looking for someone who has proven high level administrative skills, is a proactive and clear communicator and has a keen eye for detail.
In This Role You Will
- Use our People and Payroll database (ResourceLink) daily to ensure that all contractual changes are made accurately and promptly to meet payroll deadlines, and corresponding employment documentation is issued.
- Act as a first point of contact for a wide range of queries from both staff and managers e.g., contractual, holiday, family-friendly leave amongst other queries relating to the employee lifecycle (full training will be given).
- Be proactive in ensuring that People records are up-to-date and accurate.
- Carry out DBS checks.
- Contribute to projects with a particular emphasis on improving systems and processes.
- A clear understanding of the need to give excellent and proactive customer service.
- The ability to plan, prioritise and organise a large workload and enjoy the challenge of working to deadlines.
- An excellent eye for detail and an ability to write clearly and grammatically.
- Experience of using People and Payroll databases, or equivalent, on a regular basis.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of packages (Word, Outlook, Excel).
- Previous experience in a busy workplace environment.
Previous experience of working in a People environment is not required as full training and support will be given. This role is eligible for agile working (working from home) for part of the week once formal training has been completed.
We reserve the right to bring the closing date for applications forward if a high volume of applications is received.
We very much look forward to receiving your application.
Email details to a friend
Apply Online
Further Details
Job Description
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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