People Coordinator

Clifton College is seeking a People Coordinator to join our dedicated People Team. This is a foundational generalist role, acting as the primary point of contact for employees and managers across the College.

You will play a central part in supporting the entire employee lifecycle, ensuring that our HR services are delivered with professionalism, accuracy, and a high standard of customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruitment & Onboarding: Coordinating the end-to-end recruitment process, from managing the inbox and advising hiring managers to conducting "Safer Recruitment" checks and maintaining the Single Central Record (SCR).
• HR Administration: Providing essential support for payroll processing, managing contract changes, and maintaining accurate digital employee files.
• Compliance & Governance: Supporting internal and ISI audits, managing DBS renewals, and ensuring all people-related data is handled with absolute confidentiality.
• Data & Reporting: Assisting with the collection of HR metrics, including starter/leaver reports and conducting exit interviews to provide termly insights to management.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative team player with a strong appetite for learning within a busy HR function.

• Experience: Previous experience in HR administration or a similar high-volume coordination role is preferred.
• Skills: Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage a broad range of tasks simultaneously.
• Attributes: You should be customer-focused, discreet, and comfortable communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Development: we are looking for someone with a genuine interest in continuous professional development and best-practice HR.

Clifton College is part of Clifton College Education Group, and is a leading independent day and boarding school educating over 1,200 pupils aged 3 to 18 years. The College offers day education, flexi and full boarding and is a proudly inclusive and supportive community, with over 40 nationalities represented.

Founded in 1862, the College provides an exceptional all-round education that successfully combines a rich heritage with modern state-of-the-art facilities. Located in one of the most beautiful suburbs of the vibrant city of Bristol, we are proud to offer the finest all-round education based on the highest academic and pastoral standards, and a diverse range of first-class co-curricular activities.

For further details regarding this role, please see the attached job description.

Please note that we can only accept applications via our vacancy website application form (which will also allow you to attach your CV or any other supporting information).

Closing date: Friday 13th March 2026

Early applications are encouraged, as the College reserves the right to interview and possibly appoint candidates before the closing date.

Clifton College is committed to creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce that better reflects our community. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage / civil partnerships. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. Please note, we require candidates to be at least 18 years of age for all roles apart from our lifeguard positions where candidates are required to be 16+ with the relevant qualifications.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are required to share this commitment. Safeguarding is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the College. We make sure that all our staff are trained and supervised to a high standard so they can provide safe, effective practice.

 All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes the disclosure of criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Due to the nature of the role, you will need to complete an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS check) and undergo our pre-employment screening. As a regulated sector we are required to ask for references prior to interview, by applying for this role you are consenting for us to contact your referees.Please note that this  role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore you will be asked to disclose all previous convictions not exempt under amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.