University of Manchester

University of Manchester

At the heart of our vision are our people – a diverse, inclusive community of individuals who work together to create positive change for the world around them.

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Recruitment Support Assistant

  • Full Time
  • Date posted 1 April 2026
  • Closing date 13 April 2026
  • Location Manchester
    M13 9PL
  • Salary £25,804 - £27,319 per year
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Website University of Manchester

At the heart of our vision are our people – a diverse, inclusive community of individuals who work together to create positive change for the world around them.

Job reference: PSX-031132
Salary: £25,804 – £27,319 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: People Services
Hours Per Week: 35
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/04/2026
Contract Duration: 20 months
School/Directorate: People Directorate

Are you an experienced administrator with an interest in recruitment?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity available to join the Recruitment Services Team within the Talent Attraction Team.

We are a busy delivery-focused team, processing over 100 University vacancies each month whilst providing a professional and efficient recruitment service to hiring managers, job applicants and other customers.

You will play a key role in providing support and advice on the end-end recruitment process. This will include ensuring that all University adverts and recruitment documents are accurate and consistent and align to our Employer Brand. You will be involved in the issue of conditional offer letters to successful candidates. You will also help to maintain the associated IT systems including Jobtrain, our online eRecruitment platform.

What will you bring to the role? You will be a self-motivated, highly proficient administrator with experience of working in a busy customer facing team and the ability to prioritise your workload and meet deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy.

Additionally your excellent communication skills will be put to good use as you will be liaising with customers daily in person, by telephone and via email.

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

What can you expect in return
The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about vacancy shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Maeve Hallmark

Email: maeve.hallmark@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: people.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

Email: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk.

  • Full Time
  • Date posted 1 April 2026
  • Closing date 13 April 2026
  • Location Manchester
    M13 9PL
  • Salary £25,804 - £27,319 per year
  • Impressions 10
  • Apply Clicks 1

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