# HR Coordinator

> SPT Labtech · Cambridge, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-15

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** HR

## Description

We’re looking for a highly organised and people-focused **HR Coordinator** to join our team at an exciting time of growth. You’ll be the operational force of the HR function, ensuring that every employee has a great experience.

You’ll own the day-to-day administration of the employee lifecycle, support our Talent & Development Partner with recruitment coordination, and be a trusted first point of contact for managers and employees across the business. If you’re someone who takes pride in getting the details right, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants the opportunity to grow your HR career, we’d love to hear from you.

To effectively support our people, this role will be based predominately on-site and reports to the Head of HR.

**About us:**

Based in Melbourn UK, [SPT Labtech](https://www.sptlabtech.com/) makes products that transform the way scientists work. For more than two decades, our expert scientists, engineers and business innovators have provided scientists with world-leading, innovative solutions for liquid handling, sample preparation, and sample management that help accelerate research and make a real difference to human health. We work collaboratively with our customers, building trusted relationships that enable us to deliver exceptional, personalized experiences designed for real-world challenges in the lab.

Want to be part of a team that’s making a difference to human health?

**Your key responsibilities will include:**

**Generalist HR support:**

-   First point of contact for day-to-day HR queries, managing the HR inbox and providing practical, timely support to employees and managers.
-   Preparing and issuing employment contracts, offer letters, contract amendments, probation confirmation letters, and other HR correspondence.
-   Coordinating right-to-work checks, references, and pre-employment screening.
-   Maintaining accurate employee records and HRIS data (new starters, leavers, changes, and org chart updates) with a high standard of data integrity.
-   Collating and submitting monthly payroll changes accurately and on time
-   Supporting benefits administration and acting as the day-to-day contact for benefit queries 

**Recruitment & Onboarding:**

-   Providing support with recruitment activity - interview scheduling, candidate communications, and ATS (Workable) administration in partnership with our Talent & Development Partner.
-   Coordinating pre‑employment checks, right‑to‑work and references.
-   Owning the logistics of onboarding: supporting new hires and managers to set them up for success, day-one schedules, HR inductions, new hire communications and HRIS setup.
-   Coordinating probation reviews and HR check-ins.

**Learning and Development:**

-   Administering the Learning Management System (LMS): user management, enrolment, progress tracking, and responding to queries.
-   Supporting the coordination of training activity and helping promote a positive learning culture across the business.

**HR data & continuous improvement**

-   Producing standard HR reports to support the team’s data needs.
-   Maintaining document libraries, policy version control, and HR shared drives.
-   Actively looking for ways to streamline and improve HR processes, including the use of AI and technology tools.

**Skills & Attributes**

**You will be:**

-   People-focused, approachable and practical, someone who takes genuine pride in the employee experience.
-   Exceptionally organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
-   A confident communicator, clear and professional in writing and in person, with people at all levels.
-   Discreet and trustworthy when handling sensitive information.
-   Curious and keen to learn, with a growth mindset and an interest in developing your HR career.
-   Comfortable on-site and visible, great HR happens where the people are.
-   Tech-savvy and open to using new tools, including AI, to work more effectively.

**What you will need to be successful in this role:**

-   Proven experience in a similar HR role.
-   Good understanding of core UK HR processes, the employee lifecycle, and employment basics.
-   Confident user of HR systems and Microsoft Office 365.
-   CIPD Level 3 (studying or qualified) is desirable, we’ll support the right candidate to work towards this.
-   Experience with Workable or a similar ATS is a plus.

**Our commitment to you:**

For the right person, we see this as a strong platform for someone who wants to build a generalist HR career, stepping into advisory work overtime, with the support of a collaborative, positive, experienced team around you.

Competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, generous pension, and annual discretionary bonus

Support towards CIPD qualification for the right candidate

A genuinely inclusive workplace, we embrace diversity regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, or family status

## Apply

[Apply at SPT Labtech](https://apply.workable.com/spt-labtech/j/3269215F63/apply)

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