Staffing Coordinator - 6 month fixed term contract (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)

London
2 months ago
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Company Description

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

Job purpose

As Staffing Coordinator you will be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and effective administration and management of all staffing data, systems, and workflows, working closely with the Head of Staffing in aligning resource with organisational needs, supporting leaders to identify our strategic staffing requirements and deploying our people in the most effective way. You will be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and effective management of all staffing data, systems, and workflows.

You will support day-to-day resourcing operations and workforce planning by maintaining a reliable single source of truth, coordinating role creation and updates, and providing high-quality data insights to inform decision-making. Working closely with the Head of Staffing and wider stakeholders, the role underpins smooth staff deployment, strong governance, and continuous improvement across resourcing processes. Integral to workforce planning, this role contributes significantly to Genomics England's success by implementing strategic staffing plans that balance programme effectiveness and individual staff growth goals.

Job Description

Manage day-to-day staffing activities, generating Position IDs, and ensuring all updates are completed promptly and accurately.
Maintain staffing systems and data, monitoring quality, investigating discrepancies, and implementing improvements to ensure a reliable and up to date single source of truth
Track and flag contractor end dates, extensions, and approval workflows.
Support resource related communications, role approvals and internal transfer arrangements.
Produce regular MI reports to support leadership reviews, workforce planning, role prioritisation, and decision making, including insights on skills gaps and contractor usage.
Build and maintain spreadsheets to visualise workforce trends and provide clear, actionable insights.
Work with Head of Staffing to drive strategic initiatives forward – capacity tool, planning, evolving Genomics England.
Maintain audit trails and ensure resourcing decisions are recorded accurately and transparently.
Reviewing JIRA procurement tickets relating to resourcing requests and report to Head of Staffing.
Managing access requests for third party contractors.
Supporting workforce planning activity via liaising with broader People team.
Carrying out ad-hoc requests from the Head of Staffing.
Participating in projects and initiatives to support continuous improvement in the People space.
Know and understand the meaning behind our Genomics England Behaviours (read them here

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