HR Business Services Coordinator

About the role

HR Business Services spans the whole of the employee life cycle providing customer liaison and queries, contract issue, database administration, employee records, management information and recruitment support.

Working within a fast-paced environment with a friendly and committed team, you will focus on the day-to-day operation and delivery of the HR Division’s employee lifecycle administrative processes as a point of contact and link between staff members, internal departments, and external contacts. This is a hybrid role, meaning that after a period of training you will have the opportunity to work from home for up to 50% of your time.

About you

You will be an effective communicator (both written and verbal) to a wide variety of colleagues and customers, with experience of human resource administration and a strong commitment to providing exceptional customer service.

You will need to be organised, hard-working and possess excellent attention to detail.

You should be comfortable working in a busy, pressured environment with an expectation of meeting tight deadlines.

The Business Services Team work together closely to meet the monthly pay cycle, so you will have demonstrable team working skills while also possessing the ability to work independently and manage your own workload.

You will have the skills to use your initiative to resolve queries and investigate complex isues.

You will have knowledge of some HR processes and the ability to draft business like email correspondence and tailor template letters

About our Division

Our HR Division is all about our people. We provide advice and support to Divisions & Schools and our teams are dedicated to working in partnership to achieve positive outcomes for our university, colleagues, and Students alike. Commitment to expanding further into our People Strategy is our focus, and our continued pledge to provide an inclusive and positive working environment will put us at the forefront of becoming an Employer of Choice.

We want our people to grow, therefore, we continue to strive for innovative ways in which we can support and develop careers and aspirations.

Please find further information regarding the division at Human Resources: University of Sussex

Why work here

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it’s our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.

Find out more about our reward and benefits package.

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion

Further Key Information

Please contact Michelle Lambourne (m.lambourne@sussex.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply, click the 'Apply' button above.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK. 

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