Employee Support Officer (Resourcing) – EducationHR | 10480 | Permanent Contract | Part-time 22.2 hours per week – Term time plus 3 weeks | £26,824 to £28,142 per annum, pro rata | Grade E | County Hall, Norwich / Hybrid

Part-time 22.2 hours per week – 3 full days or 5 mornings per week, Monday to Friday (days and hours to be agreed).

EducationHR is a trading team within Norfolk County Council, providing a range of services to educational establishments in Norfolk and neighbouring counties. 

We have a great opportunity to appoint a new member to the team, to ensure we continue to provide a successful and effective service to our customers.  

You will primarily support recruitment advertising activity. This is a fast-paced area, working to tight deadlines with high volumes of work.  Ensuring attention to detail and excellent customer service is essential.  

You will be a dedicated and customer-focused individual, who enjoys a positive team approach. Previous experience of working in an HR or recruitment administration role is required along with being solution-focused and able to respond quickly and effectively to the new issues that every day brings.  

You will be skilled in using electronic systems and able to adapt to new systems.  A flexible approach, a team player and the proven ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines is a must too. An understanding of schools and academies together with some knowledge of employment would be desirable but is not essential.   

Training appropriate to the role will be provided, particularly in relation to our recruitment advertising site and other service delivery systems.  

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

If you’d like to find out more or just have an informal chat about the role please contact our Resourcing Lead, Sarah Goodacre at sarah.goodacre@norfolk.gov.uk or call 01603 224089 (working days: Tues, Thurs and Fri). 

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement 
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need. 
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.  

Redeployment closing date: 16 June 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 22 June 2026 at 23:55

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We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
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