HR Administrator

Framatome SAS; Cranfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading global energy firm is seeking an HR Administrator to support the HR team with onboarding, payroll, and employee data management in Cranfield, UK. The role is fixed term and requires strong organizational and communication skills. Benefits include 25 days of annual leave, pension contributions, and private health care. As a key member of a growing team, you will coordinate administrative tasks to ensure an efficient HR service across the UK offices, with some travel required.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

8% employer pension contribution

Private health care

Cycle to Work scheme

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in an office environment is desirable.
• HR Admin experience is desirable.
• Applicants should demonstrate a strong client focus.
• Strong attention to detail and initiative are vital.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR administrative support to ensure smooth operations.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Ensure data integrity in HR systems.
• Coordinate training and benefits administration.

Skills

Positive attitude

Strong work ethic

Microsoft Office knowledge

Strong client focus

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Non-Degree Program

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Legal company

Framatome is an international leader in nuclear energy recognized for its innovative, digital and value added solutions for the global nuclear fleet. With worldwide expertise and a proven track record for reliability and performance, the company designs, services and installs components, fuel, and instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants. Its more than 20 000 employees work every day to help Framatome's customers supply ever cleaner, safer and more economical low‑carbon energy. Visit us at www.framatome.com, and follow us on Twitter: @Framatome_ and LinkedIn: Framatome. Framatome is owned by the EDF Group (80.5%) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI – 19.5%).

Reference number

2025-24447

Publication date

12/18/2025

Category

H - HUMAN RESOURCES - H2 - HR administration & social relation ship

Job opening title

HR Administrator

Job type

Fixed term

Framatome is a global leader in nuclear energy, recognised for delivering innovative, value‑added technologies that design, build, maintain, and advance the world's nuclear fleet. With 20,000 employees in over 70 locations worldwide, we provide components, fuel, and control systems for nuclear power plants, along with a full suite of reactor services — all focused on improving safety, performance, and sustainability.

Backed by EDF Group (80.5%) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (19.5%), we're driving the future of clean energy. Here in the UK, our team is already 400 strong — and growing. As we expand our service offerings across the UK nuclear industry, we're aiming to reach 500 dedicated professionals in 2025.

Now's your chance to join a company that's shaping the energy transition — where your expertise will matter, your growth will be supported, and your work will help power generations to come.

Due to our ongoing growth and business demands, we are recruiting an HR Administrator. Reporting to the HR Business Partner, the role of the HR Administrator is to provide administrative and coordinating support within the HR Team to ensure the smooth of a pro‑active administrative and operational HR service to all UK offices.

Key activities will include:

• Onboarding: Sending out offers of employment (creation of contracts and offer packs), collating the requisite pre‑employment data (right to work checks, references, pre‑employment health questionnaires etc.), clear and timely communication to line managers and other stakeholders (e.g. IT, Payroll) to ensure an excellent onboarding experience for all candidates.
• Payroll: Responsible for the collation of monthly changes in the payroll, including starters and leavers.
• Benefits: adding new starters to the benefits platforms that we offer.
• Employee variations: Creating correspondence for all forms of variation; from a change in hours to a promotion; updating the system and advising the key stakeholders.
• Data integrity and systems: The HR system (currently being implemented) will be the first point of entry for the majority of employee data for the business feeding into the IT and Finance systems, and into the global people database. Responsible for ensuring full and accurate completion of all employee data, changes and regular reconciliation of data integrity.
• Training: Responsible for booking training, creating training agreements, reporting of training attendance and liaising with external providers/internal stakeholders.
• Offboarding: Processing of leavers. Responsible for issuing all leaver documentation, updating the employment status on the HR System/trackers, updating payroll, removing leavers from company benefits.
• Ad hoc support, projects and queries: ensuring the HR team have full administrative support across a range of activities; including note taking in formal employee meetings, raising invoices, filing, data management and general queries.

Profile

• Experience in an office environment is desirable.
• HR Admin experience is desirable.
• A positive attitude with a strong work ethic is key.
• Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite is essential.
• Experience of an HR system would be good to have but is not essential.
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate a strong client focus, with a proactive approach towards delivery of their duties and a positive attitude to all tasks.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and use of their own initiative are qualities vital to the role.
• Applicants should also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Candidates should be strong team players, committed and willing to take on new challenges.
• Ability to accommodate changing workload priorities.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year rising by 1 day for every 2 years worked (max 30 days) + Bank Holidays
• 8% employer pension contribution with employee 1% contribution (salary sacrifice)
• Individual and family private health care
• Cashplan – Level 2 cover
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• Professional Body Membership
• Tusker Electric car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Cycle to Work scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Babbel – learn a new language
• Generous family leave

Job location

United Kingdom, Cranfield

Travel

25%

12 Months

Job family

Standard

Minimum level of education required

Non‑Degree Program

Minimum level of experience required

Early career

Background checking required?

No