People Services Administrator
At Magna, we welcome everyone. We offer fair, inclusive recruitment and support for online applications, alternative formats and reasonable adjustments. For advice please contact the Talent team.
£15,141 per annum plus additional benefits.
Part-time 21 hours per week. (Full-time salary equivalent £26,677 per annum)
Home-based with occasional travel (Magna head office is located at DT1 2PJ, so we suggest you live within 50 miles of this location)
Fixed-term contract - Maternity cover up to 12 months or the return of the substantive role holder.
Closing date for applications: Friday 20.11.26 (Midday)
Interviews will take place Virtually week commencing 30.11.26
Role will commence as from January 2027
Please be aware that we are unable to provide Visa Sponsorship against this role. Applicants must already have the legal right to work and reside in the UK without the need for Employer Sponsorship.
At Magna our vision is to create great homes together. We have ambitious plans, and are seeking creative, aspirational, and talented people to join our fast paced, adaptable, and highly collaborative environment.
The role and what you take care of:
At Magna, we believe a brilliant colleague experience helps us create great homes together. As our People Services Administrator, you will be a welcoming and dependable first point of contact, providing a seamless, customer-focused service to colleagues across the organisation. The role plays an important part in keeping our People systems accurate, relevant and up to date, ensuring colleagues, managers and the People team can access the information they need. With exceptional attention to detail and excellent organisational skills, you will provide accurate, efficient support that colleagues can trust, while taking ownership of your workload, balancing changing priorities and working collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes. If you are proactive, approachable and always looking for better ways to do things, this is a great opportunity to make a meaningful contribution within a supportive and forward-thinking People team.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date records within our People systems by creating, inputting and updating data, ensuring colleagues, managers and the People team have access to correct and relevant information. You will also action process changes to terms and conditions, issue updated contracts for salary, working pattern and probation changes, manage basic and enhanced DBS renewals, and keep “Peoplesafe” information up to date to support colleague safety.
Able to confidently communicate with colleagues at all levels of the business. As you are the first line of support for the whole People team, you will need to develop a broad knowledge of the wider People team’s roles to promptly forward any queries you cannot take ownership of.
Ensure strict compliance with UK employment legislation along with Magna’s own policies, procedures and processes – A comprehensive role profile is attached to this advert on our website.
What you need to be successful:
Excellent administrative and proven organisational skills, with the ability to meet strict deadlines, manage multiple priorities, work well under pressure and consistently produce accurate results.
Experience of working effectively both independently and as part of a team, supported by prior relevant work experience; specific qualifications are not essential.
Previous background in handling confidential information, together with experience of using People, Payroll or HR software and the ability to use Microsoft Office applications. Knowledge of “Cascade” would be advantageous.
A proven commitment to delivering great customer service, building positive customer relationships and being recognised as a trusted point of contact.
The confidence to challenge existing ways of working, identify how things could be done differently and contribute ideas for improvement.
Applicants with transferable qualities are encouraged to apply. Our full range of benefit details can be viewed on our website under each vacancy.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: dani.davies@magna.org.uk / 07528 974936.
To apply please follow the link attached to this advert.
Magna reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application early.
- Department
- People
- Role
- People Services Administrator
- Location
- Home-based with occasional travel
- Salary
- £15,141/year
- Employment type
- Contract
- Closing date
- 20 November, 2026
- Closing time
- Midday
Benefits and perks
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Competitive annual leave entitlement which increases progressively
Your annual leave entitlement starts at 5 weeks plus bank holidays and will increase progressively with the duration of your service over the first five years.
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Company sick pay
If you're unwell and not able to work due to ill health, you'll receive paid sick pay based on your length of service with us.
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Pension matched up to 8%
You receive a Social Housing Pension Scheme defined contribution. You get to decide how much you want to contribute (between 4% and 8%) and we will match this.
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Learning and Development
We invest in your development at #TeamMagna. Our dedicated People Talent Team can help support you with your career progression and learning to help you go further, learn new skills and gain new qualifications.
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Mileage
If you need to use your own vehicle to do your job, we'll pay you 45p per mile and an extra 5p for any passengers.
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Agile working
Depending on your role, we support colleagues to work flexibly, including where, when and how, to help you get your work-life balance right and for us to get the best from you.
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Paid day a year to volunteer
We're proud to support our local communities and encourage you to get involved by taking one paid day a year to volunteer.
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Parental leave
Depending on your length of service, we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave.
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Wellbeing Portal
All colleagues have access to FUSE, a wellbeing portal which provides useful help and advice on a range of wellbeing topics, such as healthy eating, increasing your daily exercise, sleeping well and making healthier lifestyle choices. You can even ask questions directly to an expert.
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Colleague Engagement Group
We have a group of dedicated colleagues who meet regularly to represent the views of all our colleagues.
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Rental / Stamp Duty Loan
Following one year of working for us, you can apply for an interest free loan of up to £1,000 to help with house moving costs.
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Credit Union
We are partnered with Westcountry Savings & Loans to provide credit union facilities to colleagues and customers. You can apply to save with them or take out a loan from them.
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Employee Assistance
We provide an Employee Assistance service which offers up to 8 individual counselling sessions and support is available to our colleagues, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
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Health Care Cash Plan
All colleagues have access to Medicash, a health cash back scheme, where you can claim money back on your day to day medical and wellbeing costs (up to annual claim limits).
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Discounts on entertainment and shops
Medicash can offer discounts on entertainment, high street shops and grocery shopping.
Workplace and culture
We pride ourselves on providing an excellent working environment and great benefits. We look after those who work for us as we understand that without the commitment of our colleagues, we would not be able to provide the fantastic range of services to our customers.
Our values
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Always safe
This means the safety of our colleagues and our customers is always our main priority.
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All about customers
This is our mindset and our team approach to putting customers at the heart of all we do.
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Be kind
This is about how we treat each other and how we go about our business.
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Own it
This is about how we all take responsibility for all our actions every day.
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One team
This is how we come together as #teammagna, embracing our diversity and recognising that together we can achieve outstanding results.
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Be curious
This is about how we learn about each other, our customers and our business. Learning helps make sure we all do the right thing, how we challenge convention and look beyond existing boundaries.
About Magna Housing
We’re proud to be a community-based housing association, providing homes and services to people in the South-West. We’re here to understand our customers’ needs and create places where they feel safe, belong, and can build a future.