About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the role:
This is an exciting time to join the HR and Systems Team because we are bidding for investment funds to replace our current HR System. If successful, as part of your development, you will have the opportunity to get involved in areas of the design and roll out of the new system.
On a day-to-day basis you will report to the HR Systems and Data Manager, you’ll help maintain the HR system and develop employee self-service. You’ll assist with providing high quality management information, which will require you to be adept at interrogating databases and manipulating data in Excel.
A graduate ideally in a business information systems related area or with relevant experience, you’ll be passionate about high standards, developing good relationships with our customers and delivering a professional service. With previous relevant experience of administrative/business processes, you will look for ways to improve our systems. You may have developed support materials and will be comfortable delivering webinars and training.
The HR Systems Team work well together, have a good team approach, and always work to finding answers to problems. If you have previous relevant experience, ideally gained in an education environment, IT skills, a customer focused approach then we’d love to hear from you.
Two full time (37 hours) vacancies available. Interviews are likely to take place on 10th May.
For any informal discussions please contact Michelle Ashton, Assistant HR Director (Payroll Data Systems and Transformation), at michelle.ashton@aru.ac.uk.
Find out more about working with us.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.