Job Description

About The Role

We are seeking to recruit an HR Assistant on a Fixed-Term 12 month Maternity cover contract.

Reporting to the HR Advisor, the successful applicant will be required to provide high quality, professional and proactive administrative support to the HR function. The role entails handling various HR-related tasks such as responding to written and verbal queries and overseeing the HR inbox. You will also be responsible for managing recruitment, absence and other employee related processes in a prompt, confidential, and professional manner.

If you are ready for your next challenge, you want to work somewhere where you can make a real difference, not only to direct employees, but to the wider community, we want to hear from you.

Please note:

This post would be commencing after Christmas on Monday 5th January 2026.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lisa Brooks-King, HR Manager on 01493 846347 or Chelsea Chandler on 01493 846111.

Closing date

: Midnight on Sunday 2 November 2025

Interviews will be held

: Monday 17 November 2025

The Council operates an equal opportunities policy, and we welcome applications from all parts of the community.

About You

Ideally you will be qualified to Level 3 CIPD or have proven HR administration experience in a similar role. Strong numeracy and literacy skills with excellent attention to detail, and excellent written and oral communication skills would be required. You will be proficient in IT skills (Word, Excel, and Outlook), including the ability to plan and coordinate your workload efficiently to meet key deadlines, as well as first-class interpersonal and listening skills.

In addition, you will be a team player who is prepared to support where needed, an excellent communicator with a track record of building relationships, delivery of timely administrative support to the HR team across all HR functions and the proven ability to act on your own initiative.

You will also share the Council's values and commit to our agreed purpose: To provide a professional, proactive, and efficient HR and payroll service. To be ambassadors for, and to make a positive contribution to, the Council by enabling everyone to be equipped with the skills and experience needed to be the best they can be.

About Us

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don't just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England's offshore energy hub and Norfolk's biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 25,583.00-26,403.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Flexitime Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Great Yarmouth NR30