HR Assistant

Permanent, Part Time (21.5 hours per week)

We are a fun and professional team to be a part of – who provide excellent HR and people services across the JRF and JRHT group.

We’re now seeking an HR Assistant to provide great services across the full employee lifecycle. Reporting to the People Services Team Leader, you will carry out monthly and annual transactional HR processes, providing effective support and administrative services to managers and employees, ensuring efficiency and organisation throughout. You’ll also identify and suggest improvements to our current systems and processes to ensure continuous development within our team and in the key services we provide to all employees.

You’ll maintain confidential HR records both manually and within the HR / Payroll system to ensure that appropriate and accurate records are kept for all prospective, current, and past employees. Adding new starters to the HR/Payroll system, you’ll ensure compliance with relevant pre-recruitment checks and conduct regular data audits. Acting as first point of contact for general enquiries, you’ll respond with a positive, friendly approach with good interpersonal skills and a natural desire to offer a good service.

It’s an exciting time to be joining our team now, as we are currently undergoing a large piece of transformation work to migrate our current HR system onto a web-based platform. This will move us forward into a more modern way of working, helping us to achieve our aims of providing more efficient and smooth support services across the group. As the successful candidate, you will be a key team member to help build our system in the way we need it to service the People Teams, and to benefit the whole organisation.

For further details on the role and responsibilities, and the essential and desirable requirements, please refer to the attached job description.

Working days for this part time position will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We would consider the successful candidate working a 4-day working week.

What we want from you:

• Solid experience in a busy HR administration environment.


• An awareness of employment legislation.


• Competency in MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook.


• Experience of HR software packages and electronic diary management.


• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and achieve deadlines.


• Excellent communication skills, able to build relationships with people at all levels across the organisation.


• A keen eye for detail and the ability to use initiative.


• Strong literacy and numeracy skills.


• A Level 3 CIPD qualification (desirable).

How to Apply

If you share our passion and this role sounds like you, then we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Please submit your CV and supporting information via our online applicant tracking system.

The closing date for applications is Saturday 10th May 2025.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 14th May 2025 in person at our Head Office in York.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At JRF/JRHT we believe in giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or social economic background. We positively encourage applications from people with experience of living in poverty.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.