The Human Resources Department provides HR and Staff Development services to approximately 500 staff and 50 managers. As a team we ensure our service delivery is timely and reliable. Our People Strategy sets out the interventions required to underpin the College’s Strategic Plan to ensure our workforce is able to successfully deliver against the College’s overall aims and objectives.
Preston College is looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join its busy HR Team as a Human Resources Assistant Advisor.
You will play a vital role administering the HR tasks required to deliver the people component of the College strategic plan. We are looking for someone with the passion to join the HR team and progress your HR career. You will help drive our College performance by providing a busy recruitment service, finding the best recruits in teaching and support services; accurately inputting data into our integrated HR system and extracting reports for management information and KPIs; together with providing HR advice and guidance to both managers and staff on our terms and conditions of service. You will be assigned a number of key projects around the development of our HR systems, update of our HR templates and forms; people metrics including data collection and the implementation of updated employment terms and conditions.
At Preston College our vision is ‘to transform lives through education’, and we take great pride in supporting all of our learners to achieve the qualifications they need, alongside the development of technical skills and knowledge that employers and universities are looking for.
We are rated Good by Ofsted and have been recognised as making a ‘strong’ contribution to skills. We are ambitious in seeking excellent outcomes for our students, communities, employers and staff.
We have a strong College culture, underpinned by five key values developed with our diverse body of staff;
- Welcoming and inclusive
- Supportive and compassionate
- Aspirational for our learners, ourselves and each other
- Act with integrity and transparency
- Be accountable
With Good financial health, the College provides generous terms and conditions that are intended to attract, motivate and retain the best people in delivery of our strategic objectives.
Our Board of Governors is committed to an ambitious Three Year Plan, which sets out our aspirations from 2023 to 2026.
Job Title: HR Assistant Advisor
Salary: Job family Group 5 (SCP 16 to 20) £26,208 to £27,801 per annum pro rata depending on qualifications and experience (Pay Award Pending). There will be an opportunity for progression within this pay range.
Hours: 14.8 hours per week, 0.4 FTE, Permanent (Normally Monday and Tuesday, some flexibility may be required from time to time with appropriate notice)
Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 7 September 2025
Interview Date: Friday 12 September 2025
If you feel that this exciting opportunity is the right fit for you, then we look forward to receiving your application.
The successful candidate for this appointment will be required to apply for appropriate disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring service, at a cost to the successful appointee.
About us:
Our mission is to inspire, educate and support our diverse community to reach its potential. We pride ourselves on our community focus, with a diverse mix of students and staff, and plan our curriculum and other activities to give everyone the chance to truly achieve what they are capable of. We believe that we are inspirational in what we do, and that the support we offer to both our students and our staff is second to none.
What we offer:
Preston College has achieved a prestigious ‘Gold’ award by Investors in People, and we have a wide range of benefits for staff. Some of these are outlined below. For a full list visit www.preston.ac.uk/jobs
- Professional Development Opportunities including staff days and supported CPD.
- Opportunities to obtain qualifications essential to your role and support to achieve them.
- Opportunities for career and pay progression, including annual cost of living increases.
- Generous Annual Leave entitlement.
- Local Government Pension Scheme / Teacher’s’ Pension Scheme.
- Family friendly policies including special leave, career break, job share and flexible working (role dependent).
- Free car parking.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Access to health and fitness suite, hair and beauty treatments and PNE children’s holiday club all based at Preston College.
