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Job overview
Are you organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about delivering a great candidate experience? We’re looking for a proactive HR Hub Assistant to join our friendly and supportive recruitment team and play a vital role in processing applicants across the Trust’s footprint.
This is an excellent opportunity to build or develop your HR career within a busy recruitment environment where your work directly supports bringing great people into the organisation.
You’ll benefit from:
- Attractive annual leave entitlement
- Flexible and agile working arrangements to support work–life balance
- A welcoming, supportive HR team
- Opportunities for cross‑team training and skill development
- Experience with key NHS systems such as ESR and Trac
- A chance to contribute to improving HR processes and customer service
Previous interviewed applicants from the last 6 months need not apply.
Main duties of the job
As part of the HR Hub, you’ll work within the Recruitment team to deliver a high-quality, customer-focused hiring service. You’ll be instrumental in ensuring recruitment processes run smoothly, efficiently, and professionally from start to finish.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting end-to-end recruitment administration
- Accurately inputting and maintaining candidate and employee data
- Managing recruitment documentation and systems
- Responding to candidate and hiring manager enquiries in a timely, professional manner (by email or phone)
- Supporting onboarding processes and ensuring compliance checks are completed
- Working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver an efficient recruitment service
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We’re seeking someone who thrives in a busy, deadline-driven environment and is passionate about delivering a positive recruitment experience.
You’ll bring:
- Strong administrative experience, ideally within recruitment or HR but not essential
- Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office, and high accuracy in data entry
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- High attention to detail, particularly when handling sensitive candidate information
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A clear understanding of confidentiality and data protection
- The ability to work independently as well as part of a team, using initiative and sound judgement
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a wide range of clerical duties
- General Understanding of Data Protection and confidentiality
- Experience in data processing, preferably in payroll/HR Systems
- Working together – demonstrate collaborative and inclusive working and challenge behaviour that is not inclusive or acceptable
Qualifications
Essential
- ECDL Qualification or equivalent level
Skills & Competencies
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to maintain attention to detail and accuracy
- High level of data input skills
- Good communication skills both oral and written
- Ability to relate effectively with staff and managers at all levels
- Organisational ability
- Good IT skills with experience of using MS Word, Excel, e-mail and internet
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
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This advert is for HR Hub Assistant - Recruitment with North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust in Bolton, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,272 PA. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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