HR & Recruitment Assistant (Level 3 Apprentice)

Northumberland College has two main campuses at Ashington and Kirkley Hall and centres at Hexham and Berwick.

We offer hundreds of full-time and part-time courses, work with students aged 14-18, mature students, higher education students and employers from numerous industry sectors.

Northumberland College is fully committed to improving the quality of service and provision to our students and in order to achieve this we encourage continuing professional development and improvement at all levels.

The primary purpose of the Role of HR and Recruitment Assistant is to support the department in providing a proactive HR Service to the departments of the College. The post holder will work as part of the HR Team to provide sound and accurate HR advice to managers on the College Policies and employment issues, specifically but not exclusively in relation to recruitment.

To support the activities of the HR Team by providing a comprehensive customer focused service, and maintaining appropriate HR Records and databases, including the Chris 21, the electronic recruitment system and the Single Central Record.

The HR and Recruitment Assistant will also log and track Appraisals, CPD requests, Probation Reviews as well as CPD completion.

The description of key duties is a guide to the work that you will initially be required to undertake. This may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances and is reviewed in the Appraisal Process.

Northumberland College is fully committed to:

• safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

• equality & diversity and inclusion for students, employers, the communities it serves, staff, governors and customers who come into contact with the College