HR Administration Assistant

21 hours per week

£28,000 - £29,000 per annum FTE

The Diocese of Ipswich and St Edmundsbury is seeking to appoint an HR Administrative Assistant to join its small HR team. Your main role would be act as the first point of contact for all HR related enquiries from both clergy and non-clergy colleagues and to provide line managers and clergy with day-to-day HR related administration support. There will be quite a strong focus on managing the administration of clergy recruitment and appointments in line with the Church of England’s Safer Recruitment Code of Practice and keeping clergy HR systems and databases up to date for both audit purposes and to ensure accurate payroll and pension payments.

To this end, we are looking for a detail-conscious and committed individual, ideally with some experience of HR and/or recruitment administration and processes. The successful candidate will need to be confident engaging with a range of stakeholders and have a flexible and proactive approach to managing their workload and responding to queries. Proven IT and organisational skills are essential, along with a willingness to learn new systems and processes. A good sense of humour would also be helpful!

The postholder will be primarily based at the Diocesan Office but will also spend at least one day per week at the Bishop’s Office, both of which are in central Ipswich. There is also flexibility around working days.

This is a varied role which offers the successful candidate the opportunity to further or consolidate their HR knowledge and experience, along with the change to play a key role in ensuring Diocese staff and clergy are effectively supported on a day-to day basis. If you feel you meet our criteria and are interested in joining our team we’d love to hear from you!

The DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All postholders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory DBS check where required.

For an informal conversation please contact HR here and someone will call you back. 

Applications marked ‘Confidential Application’ to be sent to: HR by post to Diocesan Office, St Nicholas Centre, 4 Cutler Street, Ipswich IP1 1UQ.

Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 12 February 2026

Interview Date: w/c 23 February 2026

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