St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint an HR Manager to help manage the College’s HR function by ensuring the smooth running of all operational HR processes and through the provision of accurate and timely advice on HR policy and procedure.   This is a maternity cover contract offered for a period of ten months and the post-holder will ideally start in September.

Reporting to the Head of HR, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a highly professional HR service to some 400 members of academic and support staff.  The HR service provided covers the whole range of human resource disciplines including recruitment, training and development, performance management, conditions of employment and employee relations. 

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent, and will be CIPD qualified or working towards this.  You will have a good working knowledge of HR legislation along with experience of providing advice to managers on employee relations issues and of managing case work.  The role requires exceptional communication skills along with the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels.  You will also need strong IT skills along with a familiarity with HR software. 

The College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, generous annual leave entitlement and procedures for requesting flexible working arrangements. 

We also offer a range of wellbeing support services, including membership of a cash-plan healthcare scheme (currently provided by SimplyHealth), which includes a 24/7 advice and counselling helpline, access to an on-site health centre and free access to an on-site gym.  In addition, the College offers membership of a defined contributory pension scheme, free lunch (up to a specified monetary limit) and free parking close to the College site.

For further details and an application form please click the links below, email recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 338794.

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on Monday 9 August 2021.  Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing 16 August 2021.