Staffing Coordinator office locations Leed

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

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.

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 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.

• 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.
• Review JIRA procurement tickets relating to resourcing requests and report to Head of Staffing.
• Manage access requests for third‑party contractors.
• Support workforce planning activity via liaising with broader People team.
• Carry out ad‑hoc requests from the Head of Staffing.
• Participate in projects and initiatives to support continuous improvement in the People space.
• Know and understand the meaning behind our Genomics England Behaviours and embody them in all aspects of your role.

Whilst we appreciate any suitable or relevant qualifications it is your experience that we are most interested in.

9th January 2026

£38,000

• Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family‑Friendly: blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: defined contribution pension (Genomics England double‑matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within…