HR Assistant - Band 3
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing effective and efficient administrative HR support to the HR Team and operational stakeholders within the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group. The HR Assistant will work on employee relations cases, respond to first-line enquiries, design reports, and administer family leave applications. The position requires managing competing priorities, strong interpersonal skills, and clear communication. There are two positions available: one permanent and one fixed-term until May 2027.
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 in business administration or equivalent level of experience demonstrating numeracy and literacy.
- Level 2 Certified English and Maths (GCSE/Functional Skills)
Desirable criteria
- CIPD Level 3 (Foundation Certificate) or equivalent qualification.
- Proven administrative skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively and professionally
- Attention to detail and ability to respond to changes to meet deadlines.
- Enhanced database skills
- Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions
- Knowledge of standard administrative processes
- Demonstrable experience in a busy office environment.
- Experience of taking and producing formal minutes of meetings and notes at formal hearings.
- Experience of using initiative to handle a wide range of queries from senior managers, line managers and colleagues, providing information on issues such as terms and conditions, annual leave etc.
- Experience of working independently and as part of a team
- Administrative HR experience gained in healthcare and/or unionised environment.
- Experience of using electronic staff record systems.
- Special Attributes
- Ability to travel independently throughout the Group to attend meetings and hearings
- Role model for Group values and behaviours.
- NVQ level 3 in business administration or equivalent level of experience demonstrating numeracy and literacy.
- Level 2 Certified English and Maths (GCSE/Functional Skills)
- CIPD Level 3 (Foundation Certificate) or equivalent qualification.
- Proven administrative skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively and professionally
- Attention to detail and ability to respond to changes to meet deadlines.
- Enhanced database skills
- Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions
- Knowledge of standard administrative processes
- Demonstrable experience in a busy office environment.
- Experience of taking and producing formal minutes of meetings and notes at formal hearings.
- Experience of using initiative to handle a wide range of queries from senior managers, line managers and colleagues, providing information on issues such as terms and conditions, annual leave etc.
- Experience of working independently and as part of a team
- Administrative HR experience gained in healthcare and/or unionised environment.
- Experience of using electronic staff record systems.
- Special Attributes
- Ability to travel independently throughout the Group to attend meetings and hearings
- Role model for Group values and behaviours.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
HR Assistant - Band 3
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting time to join the People Directorate here at Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group as
We are looking for 2 HR Assistants (1 x permanent and 1 x fixed term contract up to 31.5.2027) to provide effective and efficient administrative HR support to the HR Team and key operational stakeholders..
This is an exciting, challenging but most of all hugely rewarding role. Reporting to the HR Coordinator you will have opportunity to work across employee relations cases, respond to first line enquiries, design and produce reports, administer family leave applications and more.
You will have the ability to manage competing priorities, strong interpersonal skills and clear communication.
Please note previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
To provide professional, consistent and timely HR support and advice to all staff as well as providing a streamlined and high quality HR administrative support service.
To undertake the accurate entry of key information into HR systems, and support the full HR function to ensure that the organisation maintains high level HR services to meet the ongoing needs of the Group.
To be responsible for ensuring information, documents and correspondence issued are accurate and produced in
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