Salary: Grade 5 - £32,716 - £38,050 per annum including the Oxford University Weighting of £1,730 per annum
Location: Oxford – Hybrid working (2 days per week onsite) Park End Street and Hayes House, Oxford
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (36.5 hours)
Are you an organised, proactive and customer-focused recruitment or HR professional looking for a varied role where you can make a real contribution?
Saïd Business School is looking for a Recruitment & HR Coordinator to join its HR and Organisational Development team, providing a comprehensive and responsive service across recruitment and HR operations.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across different areas of HR, has strong organisational and administrative skills, and is interested in using technology to improve processes and deliver an excellent service.
About the role
Working across both Recruitment and HR Shared Services, you will play an important part in supporting the employee lifecycle, from initial recruitment activity through to onboarding, contractual changes and ongoing employee support.
The post-holder’s primary focus will be supporting the Recruitment Team (26.5hours/week). They will also provide wider support to the HR Shared Services team (10 hours/week), or where capacity allows.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Recruitment coordination: Supporting the end-to-end recruitment process and recruitment partners, including vacancy approvals, job advertising and closure, shortlisting, interview arrangements and stakeholder communications.
- HR operational support: Providing practical information and guidance to employees and managers on University policies, procedures and HR processes.
- Onboarding and contractual administration: Coordinating new starter arrangements, right-to-work checks, contractual documentation, internal transfers and changes to terms and conditions.
- HR systems and data: Maintaining accurate and confidential records across recruitment and HR systems, including Eploy and PeopleXD.
- Payroll and reward: Supporting monthly payroll changes and coordinating administrative activity for reward processes.
- Reporting and analysis: Producing recruitment and HR reports, analysing workforce data and presenting information using Excel, including PivotTables and charts.
- Digital improvement: Identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve systems and introduce automation using tools such as Microsoft Power Automate and AI.
- Project support: Contributing to recruitment and HR projects, process improvements and wider team initiatives.
You will also build effective working relationships with hiring managers, employees, applicants and colleagues across the wider University.
About you
We are looking for someone with experience in recruitment, HR or a comparable administrative role within a busy and complex organisation.
You will bring:
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to work with a range of stakeholders.
- A customer-focused approach and the ability to build effective professional relationships.
- Good judgement and the ability to interpret policies and procedures, resolve queries and recognise when matters need escalating.
- Confidence handling confidential information and maintaining accurate records.
- Strong digital skills, including Microsoft Excel, databases and recruitment or HR systems.
- An interest in technology, automation and finding more efficient ways of working.
- A collaborative approach, alongside the ability to work independently and use your initiative.
Experience of working within a recruitment or HR team, and familiarity with systems such as Eploy, PeopleXD/CoreHR or Power Automate, would be advantageous.
Why join Saïd Business School?
Saïd Business School is a vibrant and internationally recognised business school, embedded within the University of Oxford. We bring together people from across the world to deliver innovative programmes, undertake impactful research and address some of the biggest challenges facing business and society.
Joining our HR and Organisational Development team offers the opportunity to develop your experience across recruitment and HR, contribute to service improvements and work alongside colleagues in a collaborative and supportive environment.
At Saïd Business School we believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to bring their unique perspectives and experiences to our team. Join us to build a brighter, more equitable future, where we celebrate diversity, advance equity and nurture inclusion across everything we do.
We offer very generous benefits, some of which are:
- Generous holiday allowance of 38 days including bank holidays
- Hybrid working
- Membership of the Oxford staff pension scheme
- Discounted bus travel
- Subsidised onsite catering
- Cycle loan scheme
- Plus, many other University benefits
How to apply
If you are looking for a varied HR and recruitment role where you can develop your skills, contribute ideas and make a difference to the service we provide, we would love to hear from you.
Please submit your CV and a supporting statement (PDF files) explaining how your skills and experience meet the essential selection criteria.
For further guidance and support, please visit https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/explore-our-careers/applications-process/how-to-apply.
Key Recruitment Dates
- Closing date: Applications must be submitted by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 18 November 2026.
- Shortlisting: Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November 2026.
- Notification: Successful shortlisted candidates will be contacted by a Recruitment Partner on Friday 20 November 2026 to confirm the available interview times.
- Interviews: In-person interviews will take place on Tuesday 24 November 2026. Interviews will last approximately one hour and will include a test.
Please note, this vacancy may close earlier than advertised if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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