People and Systems Coordinator

Employment Type: Contract, 16-month Maternity Cover

Location: Hybrid · Didcot, UK (onsite 2 days per week)

Seniority: Junior

Closing: 11:59pm, 12th Jul 2026 BST

Perks and benefits:

• Work from home option
• Life Insurance
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• Salary sacrifice
• Team social events
• Extracurricular clubs
• Cycle to work scheme

Reports to: Director of People and Organisational Development

Direct reports: None

Office anchor day: Monday

The Challenge: We are currently seeking a People and Systems Administrator to support and enable all the teams across the Catapult. Working collaboratively, you will provide excellent administrative and systems support to the People Team ensuring we maintain the highest levels of customer service to our colleagues and external clients alike. Working in a small team with the Director of People, People and Systems Manager and Talent Acquisition Partner, this is a highly networked role that requires great attention to detail with a systems focus, ability to be proactive, work to challenging deadlines and be willing to learn.

Responsibilities:

• Keeping our systems up to date and reliable with regular improvements implemented.
• Through effective partnership with finance and our payroll provider we ensure there are no payroll errors.
• Our People team brand is seen as friendly, efficient and responsive – you are able to address policy questions independently.
• New starters are impressed with the on-boarding journey and ease of joining the Catapult.
• The quality of our checks and balances is high, exceptions to process are clearly documented with rationale.
• You are the hub of the team – you see all the moving parts and help to ensure a ball is never dropped.

Requirements:

• Previous systems experience and developed procedures and protocols (ideally within a people orientated role).
• Excellent attention to detail and is able to accurately input and maintain data.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with different teams within the business.
• Able to meet deadlines and work under time pressures.
• Ability to deal with multiple tasks and prioritise.

About us & how we work: We strive to create a high trust, high performance and inclusive environment that enables team members to bring their whole selves to work. This helps to create the foundations of an innovation culture. Our shared values are critical to this:

• We care - for our people, our partners, and our planet
• We connect - and engage with people and ideas
• We learn - and grow, as people and as an industry

Underpinning this is our belief in great teams. Our combined efforts will always deliver outcomes beyond that of any individual, providing we are honest through debate, experiment and reflect, and create shared resolutions in support of our purpose. Live these values, work to our principles, take ownership to deliver, and we are certain you will thrive with us.

This job description sets out the skills and experience we think are needed to be able to perform in this job. If you believe you can deliver in this role then we want to hear from you.

We offer a hybrid policy which is designed around collaboration, one 'anchor' day per week working with your direct team and another flexible day per week to be spent collaborating or working with other colleagues.

At Satellite Applications Catapult, we're committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome candidates from all corners of the globe, but due to legal and logistical considerations, we want to be transparent about the potential visa-related challenges that could arise. Our ability to offer sponsorship will depend on the level of interest for our roles and salary level. Please note, we unfortunately cannot offer sponsorship for this position.