We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive, organised and people-focused People Experience Administrator to join our People & Culture team on a maternity cover basis. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone early in their HR career to play a key role in shaping the day-to-day experience of our people, ensuring every interaction – from onboarding to development – feels smooth, supportive and well-coordinated.
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our People function, helping to keep everything running seamlessly behind the scenes while also being a friendly and trusted first point of contact for colleagues across the organisation. If you enjoy variety, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and care about delivering a great employee experience, this role offers a fantastic platform to grow and develop your HR career.
Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective
Our Future Health will be the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.
What You'll Be Doing:
In this role, you will be responsible for providing HR and administrative support to our People and Talent teams. You will bring your experience and expertise to help coordinate diaries and activities relating to HR. Duties will include:
- Responding to internal and external HR related inquiries or requests and providing assistance.
- Maintaining records of people-related data (payroll, personal information, new starters, leavers etc.).
- Supporting the hiring process by performing background checks, assisting in shortlisting, issuing employment contracts etc.
- Scheduling meetings, interviews, HR events etc. and maintaining the team’s diaries.
- Coordinating training sessions and events.
- Performing new starter checks, onboarding/offboarding and updating records.
- Producing and submitting reports on general HR activity.
- Supporting ad-hoc HR projects.
- Supporting surveys to assess employee engagement.
- Supporting individual training needs, working with the L&D Partner to develop tailored plans for all employees.
- Administering various employee benefits programmes, such as pensions.
- Formulating methods to improve employment policies, processes and practices as well as recommending changes to management.
Requirements
We don't expect you to have experience on everything below, but here are some of the skills you'll need to be considered for the role:
- Experience working in a fast-paced HR function.
- Excellent hands-on experience in using MS Office, databases and HRIS systems.
- Outstanding communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Proven organisational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- Great attention to detail – ability to complete tasks with concern for all aspects, establishing thorough checking procedures.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the utmost care.
- Ability to work independently with the willingness to take responsibility for outcomes, but also the ability to judge when to ask for guidance.
- Ability to work collaboratively with people, demonstrating flexibility in style and approach to changing demands.
- An advanced knowledge of Microsoft packages including Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Professional, self-motivated, and proactive.
- A desire to offer elevated customer service in everything you do.
- Any additional training and certification in Human Resource Management will be considered an advantage.
Benefits
- 1 year FTC (maternity cover)
- Up to £30,000 per annum basic salary.
- Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
- 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
- Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
- EV Scheme – Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice
- Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice.
- £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
- Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
- A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
Join us - let’s prevent disease together.
Closing date 26 June 2026 at 5:00pm.
We may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.
If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at [email protected]
Skills Required
- Experience working in a fast-paced HR function.
- Hands-on experience using MS Office, databases and HRIS systems.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft packages including Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Outstanding communication, presentation and interpersonal skills (verbal and written).
- Proven organisational and time management skills.
- Great attention to detail and thorough checking procedures.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with care.
- Ability to work independently and to ask for guidance when needed.
- Ability to work collaboratively and adapt to changing demands.
- Professional, self-motivated and proactive mindset.
- Desire to offer elevated customer service in all interactions.
- Additional training or certification in Human Resource Management.
What We Do
Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases. Our mission is to create an incredibly detailed picture of the UK population’s health, by recruiting up to five million adult volunteers from across the UK. Each volunteer will be asked to fill out a questionnaire and provide a blood sample that can be linked to their health records. Taken together, the data will present health researchers with a powerful tool to identify new ways of tackling diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia. It's an unprecedented challenge that involves answering questions that have never been asked before – ethical, practical, and technological. And by getting these answers right, we believe Our Future Health will allow future generations to live in good health for longer. We are currently expanding our team and looking for specialists across various fields – people who are motivated by the opportunity of creating something new that will make a difference to society. Click on the Jobs tab above to start exploring our current opportunities. Our Future Health is a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland.
