HR and OD Support Officer (RP0062)

HR and OD Support Officer (RP0062)

Starting salary £30,756pa with progression to £34,011pa through annual increments subject to satisfactory service (inclusive of outer fringe allowance)

37 hours per week (hybrid working)

Permanent contract


Are you an experienced administrator with recent experience of providing high level administrativesupport to a team? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council are looking to appoint a Human Resources and Organisational DevelopmentSupport Officer to join our HR Team.

The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the Human Resources and Organisational Development team, with a particular focus on Recruitment and Learning & Development.This will include responding to routine enquiries through the shared inboxes, drafting correspondence, taking notes at meetings, and general office duties. You will produce purchase orders, process invoices and manage year end. You will be responsible for updating the HR systems and maintaining their databases.

You will assist with the administrative tasks of the recruitment process including facilitating assessments, arranging interviews, andsupporting the administration management of the recruitment portal.

You will also take responsibility for the administration of the Learning Management System along with booking and scheduling training courses. You will beconfident in producing reports and analysing data.

You will co-ordinate and facilitate the quarterly Corporate Induction for new starters.

In this role you must have an eye for detail, be highly organised, and be an effective communicator both written and verbally. You must be adept at switching priorities and have excellent time management skills.

You will at times deal withconfidential matters, so discretion is very important.

If you think you have the right skills and qualities, we’d like to hear from you.

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential in this post.

You will be working in the heart of Welwyn Garden City in our vibrant office.We offer flexible working to achieve a good work life balance, generous annual leave, discount to the council owned leisure facilities.To see our full list of employee benefits visitMy Rewards – Careers

Our CORE values—Collaborative, Open, Responsible, Excellent—guide everything we do!

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for employment in the UK.

We recommend that you download the role profile as this will be unavailable once the advert closes.

Closing date for applications is 1 February 2026.
Remote assessments will be held on 5 February 2026.
Face to face interviews will be held on 12 February 2026.

Keywords:

Human Resources, Organisational Development, HR, L&D, administration, LMS, database, recruitment, training, team, time management, confidentiality