St Nicholas Hospice Care

People Administrator

The closing date is 17 November 2025

Job summary

We are currently recruiting for a dedicated People Administrator to join our small and established People team.

Main duties of the job

The role is pivotal in administering all elements of the employee experience and providing a high quality administrative service across 200 employees and 400 volunteers.

About us

As an employee you will receive the following benefits:

  • Opportunity for some home working
  • A Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme
  • 25 days annual leave increasing to 29 with service, pro rata for part time employees
  • Enhanced Occupational sick pay scheme
  • Discounted food in our Bistro cafe
  • Access to a group pension plan or if you have a current NHS pension, we can offer a continuation of your plan (subject to criteria)
  • Life assurance
  • Free onsite parking

Details

Date posted

04 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£27,386 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0142-25-0020

Job locations

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Be the first point of contact for general HR queries and oversee a shared HR inbox
  • Administer recruitment processes including advertising, scheduling interviews, conducting pre-employment checks and issuing contracts
  • Maintain employee records on the HR system (CIPHR), updating and optimising the system when necessary
  • Collate and process monthly payroll information (new starters, leavers, changes, sick pay, etc.) with accuracy and in line with deadlines
  • Run monthly reports for monitoring and compliance of DBS checks, Professional Registrations, GDPR compliance, etc.
  • Prepare key HR metric data on a quarterly basis and issue ad hoc reports
  • Help improve HR processes

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Be the first point of contact for general HR queries and oversee a shared HR inbox
  • Administer recruitment processes including advertising, scheduling interviews, conducting pre-employment checks and issuing contracts
  • Maintain employee records on the HR system (CIPHR), updating and optimising the system when necessary
  • Collate and process monthly payroll information (new starters, leavers, changes, sick pay, etc.) with accuracy and in line with deadlines
  • Run monthly reports for monitoring and compliance of DBS checks, Professional Registrations, GDPR compliance, etc.
  • Prepare key HR metric data on a quarterly basis and issue ad hoc reports
  • Help improve HR processes

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Current and proven experience of providing a customer driven administration service
  • Excellent IT skills, particularly Excel, Outlook and Teams
  • Strong organisational skills
  • The ability to work at fast pace whilst ensuring a high level of attention to detail is maintained.
  • An innovative approach and can do attitude
  • Experience of using an HR Management Information System and/or delivering payroll are highly desirable.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Current and proven experience of providing a customer driven administration service
  • Excellent IT skills, particularly Excel, Outlook and Teams
  • Strong organisational skills
  • The ability to work at fast pace whilst ensuring a high level of attention to detail is maintained.
  • An innovative approach and can do attitude
  • Experience of using an HR Management Information System and/or delivering payroll are highly desirable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

St Nicholas Hospice Care

Address

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


Employer's website

https://stnicholashospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Nicholas Hospice Care

Address

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


Employer's website

https://stnicholashospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of HR

Emma Page

emma.page@stnh.org.uk

Details

Date posted

04 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£27,386 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0142-25-0020

Job locations

Hardwick Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 2QY


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