People Administrator (12 month fixed term)

About Us

CF is a leading consultancy dedicated to making a lasting impact on health and healthcare. We work with leaders and frontline teams to improve health, transform healthcare, embed life science innovation and boost growth through investment. Our consultancy serves the entire healthcare sector, from healthcare systems and life sciences to health tech and sector suppliers. CF's multi‑disciplinary team provides end‑to‑end services, spanning strategy, finance, performance, organisational improvement, data and digital. We also create optimal policy conditions for healthcare advancements through evidence‑based thought leadership, taking a proactive stance on key issues. As an inclusive and values‑driven organisation, we are committed to excellence and are honoured to have received multiple industry awards. With unmatched access to UK healthcare data and specialist data science expertise, our consultants are a driving force for delivering positive and meaningful change.

About The Role

This role is a People Administrator supporting CF’s People team. You will maintain up‑to‑date People function systems, ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of our HR and LMS systems, and support the coordination of various People‑function activities. You will track and report on progress against key People metrics, schedule learning and engagement events, and coordinate our pulse checks and bi‑annual People Survey. The position demands a proactive, flexible, efficient, detail‑oriented, and highly organised individual with an interest in process improvement. The role is initially a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, with potential for longer term subject to business growth.

Responsibilities

Human Resources

• Maintain the HR system with up‑to‑date information and report on key People metrics.
• Triage people requests dealing with administrative questions and requirements directly and efficiently.
• Book “black‑out” days for different groups to ensure coverage as per agreed arrangements.
• Administer associate contract agreements with input from HR consultant or CPO as required.
• Help schedule and send regular pulse surveys, support logistics for the bi‑annual People survey, send reminders and drive high completion rates.
• Schedule People‑related events, updates and drop‑ins.
• Help with all elements of the administration of the twice‑yearly Assessment & Development process from scheduling the review days through to colleague feedback gathering and ensuring all colleagues complete this.
• Work with Resourcing to send out competence assessments on behalf of managers at the end of every project / every 2 months and help to drive high completion rates.
• Remind and chase Development Sponsors to send out 360 feedback requests as required across the year.

Leadership and Development

• Schedule training sessions, manage logistics, secure and prepare faculty for sessions, support employees on participant queries related to sessions.
• Liaise with external training partners and vendors for planning and scheduling as needed with trainers.
• Own LMS data, reporting and quarterly content refreshes and support on tagging of content. Help coordinate input and assessment of skills across the organisation.
• Support on regular upkeep of internal SharePoint pages relating to our learning offering.

Diary Management, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement

• Help ensure the CPO’s time is reasonably aligned to the function’s operational and strategic priorities.
• Ensure all 1:1s with the CPO, People team meetings and sessions to review EOC or Board materials are appropriately scheduled and balanced across the week.
• Schedule and co‑ordinate People team / SLT rotational attendance and leadership drop‑ins.
• Work closely with the wider People team and other corporate teams to align schedules and prioritise the People team’s leadership time.
• Identify and implement improvements in people reporting and processes.

Requirements

Mandatory

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant field (e.g., HR, CIPD level 3, Business Management, Finance, Information Systems) or equivalent experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel to facilitate reporting and basic analysis of data.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams.

Highly Desirable

• CIPD level 3.
• Familiarity with HR and LMS systems (Sage HR highly desirable).
• Competent using Claude and other AI tools to make processes more efficient and effective.

Our Values

Be connected

• We meet our clients on their terms, in their environment.
• We develop first‑hand understanding.
• We are reliable.
• We socialise with colleagues and clients.
• We recognise individual strengths and talents.
• We get to know people inside out.
• We cultivate a network.

Uphold standards

• We know what consulting excellence looks like.
• We adopt and adhere to best‑in‑class approaches.
• We seek diversity and understand its value.
• We leverage the talent of the CF team and our clients.
• We act with integrity and preserve confidentiality.
• We manage client and company resources cost‑effectively.
• We hold each other to account for the standards we agree.

Inspire change

• We are knowledge seekers.
• We hunt for innovation and translate it into practice.
• We deal in solutions.
• We collaborate and expect to contribute our point of view.
• We understand conflict is essential and we face it.
• We are passionate about our impact and the value we create.
• We build a positive reputation for ourselves and for CF.

Create the future

• We believe we all grow with effort, learning and persistence.
• We celebrate success with pride.
• We learn and adapt when we lose.
• We spot and create opportunities.
• We act fast and mobilise others.
• We take responsibility for ourselves.

We develop each other through apprenticeship and mentoring.

Flexible Working

We follow a hybrid working model that balances in‑person connections and remote work to drive exceptional client impact. We enjoy working in person together with clients and colleagues and work where clients need us to be. In supporting flexibility and remote working, team members can work from home one day per week as standard. Additionally, we offer 44 remote working days per year which can be used to top up your working‑from‑home days and enable you to work from home up to two days per week, subject to client needs. Our core in‑person working hours are from 10 am until 4 pm, allowing you that extra flexibility to manage your schedule in a way that works for you.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics. We are Disability‑Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/year for leadership, increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days per year.
• We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like).
• Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription.
• Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days.
• Income protection: in the event of long‑term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid.
• Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total of 12 weeks in any 12‑month period.
• Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax‑free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service.
• Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt.
• Access to an interest‑free loan of up to £10,000.
• Access to an interest‑free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments.
• Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of nursery care.
• An employee assistance and wellness programme, including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks.
• Seasonal flu jabs provided by Boots annually.
• Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express.
• Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles.