Recruitment Administrator

Main area Corporate-Resourcing Team Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-F-265033

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Corporate Town Cambridge Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/07/:59

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Recruitment Administrator to join our busy Resourcing Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational skills, administrative experience and a passion for providing a high quality service to colleagues across the Trust.

In Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), we pride ourselves on delivering outstanding care - and this starts with recruiting excellent people. In this role, you will help shape our recruitment service and ensure a seamless, high quality experience for candidates and hiring managers across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to provide an efficient, customer focused front of house and administrative recruitment service for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

You will need to support the delivery of safe, timely and values led recruitment by ensuring high quality administration, excellent customer service to candidates and staff, and full compliance with pre employment standards.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 30th July 2026.

Interviews are due to be held week commencing 10th August 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE or equivalent
• Typing qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience of administrative work within a busy office environment
• Experience of undertaking complex administrative tasks
• Prioritising, planning and organising own and others tasks
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations and confrontations
• Data entry experience and documentation
• Previous experience of working in the NHS using HR systems like ESR, Trac jobs & NHS Jobs

Knowledge

• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection
• Understanding of customer service
• Understanding of office procedures and all Microsoft office packages
• Awareness of anti-discriminatory issues
• Understanding of NHS Employment Standards
• Awareness of priorities
• Knowledge of Trust information systems

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good communication skills including telephone, e-mail and face to face
• Ability to organise own timekeeping to schedule and deadlines
• Ability to store and safeguard confidential documents
• Ability to show attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to use IT packages -Microsoft Office and type accurately
• Willingness to take on/learn new skills

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent

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