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HR Assistant - Admin & Service Excellence

Job details
Posting date: 08 August 2025
Salary: £23,881.00 to £25,733.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 15 August 2025
Location: LA1 4YW
Company: Lancaster University
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: 0569-25

Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to work within the progressive and supportive essential professional service at Lancaster University; People and Organisational Effectiveness (P&OE). This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

This role sits within the Service Excellence Team of the P&OE division, who strive to deliver excellent customer service both to internal P&OE and wider university colleagues, along with external candidates and customers. Part of the role will be to answer queries as first point of contact for the division and provide the first response from a shared query management system. The role will also have a continuous improvement focus and responsibility for our web content and frequently asked questions to ensure that they are accurate and up to date.

You will be supported by and work with 8 teams of highly dedicated HR professionals within the division and will acquire process, operational and general knowledge. This provides the perfect opportunity to identify how we can improve our processes and work more efficiently. You will have the ability to make service improvement suggestions that will contribute to a smoother and more efficient service.

The work will be varied and is a perfect environment for anyone looking for an opportunity to learn new skills or further expand on existing experience.

For more information please contact Helen Ratcliffe, Admin & Service Excellence Team Leader - h.ratcliffe@lancaster.ac.uk

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