HR Assistant
Date: 8 Sept 2026
Location: COVENTRY, GB, CV4 7AL
Company: University of Warwick
Job Title: HR Assistant
Reference: 215
Department: WMG - Professional Services
Contract Type: Fixed-term contract
Fixed Term End Date: 31st March 2027
Hours: Standard working hours 36.5 per week
Closing Date: Tuesday 15th September 2026 at 11.59pm
Full time Salary Range: £26,093 - £26,707 per annum
About the Role
For informal queries, please contact Aimee Huxley (WMG HR Interim Team Lead) at Aimee.huxley@warwick.ac.uk.
Flexible Working
- We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.
- We welcome applications from candidates seeking a minimum of 29.2 hours per week (0.8 FTE).
To support the delivery of WMG’s HR service in line with University HR procedures and regulations and WMG’s strategic goals, to ensure a high-quality HR service is provided to all external and internal customers.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).
About You
The successful candidate will be organised, proactive and dependable who can provide a high-quality administrative service within a busy and varied HR environment.
They will have excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities, ensuring tasks are completed accurately.
The successful candidate will be confident in communicating with a wide range of stakeholders and comfortable with handling confidential and sensitive information.
About the Department
The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is the largest department at the University of Warwick, with over 800 staff and nearly 3,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in management, technology, and applied engineering.
We are globally recognised for our world-class research, innovative industry partnerships, and teaching excellence, and we are proud holders of the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the Institutional Silver Award.
Find out more about the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre.
Find out more about the Energy Innovation Centre.
Find out more about our range of undergraduate and apprenticeship degrees here.
How to Apply
To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.59pm on the closing date of Tuesday 15th September 2026.
Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.
Your cover letter should detail your motivation for applying for the role as well as detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
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