Systems Specialist Cambridgeshire Posted ago

Position: People Systems Specialist Cambridgeshire Posted 18 hours ago
** People Systems Specialist (Workday)
**** Salary:
** Circa £45k
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* Location:

** Hybrid working, Huntingdon base    
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* Contract:

** 18 month Fixed Term Contract   
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* Working Hours:

** Full-time, 37 hours per week (flexible working opportunities available)  
** Make every drop of your potential count
** Are you a Workday specialist looking for an opportunity to use your technical expertise to improve systems, processes and colleague experience?

We’re looking for a
** People Systems Specialist
** to join our People Systems team. You’ll play a key role in developing, configuring and enhancing Workday, providing technical and analytical expertise and supporting the wider People team and business leaders to make informed decisions.

You’ll support the day-to-day operation of Workday, helping to resolve
** BAU queries and system issues
** and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. You’ll work with stakeholders across the business to understand their needs and help develop practical system solutions.
** What you’ll be doing**
* ** Provide day-to-day support across Workday**, helping to investigate and resolve queries and system issues, with support from more experienced team members where needed.
* ** Support the configuration and maintenance of Workday business processes**, including approval steps, rules and other system configuration.
* ** Create and maintain Workday reports and calculated fields**, developing your reporting skills to help provide useful information and insight to the business.
* ** Support data uploads using EIBs
** and assist with the maintenance and testing of Workday integrations and interfaces.
* ** Support Workday security and access management**, helping to ensure colleague data is appropriately protected and assisting with regular access reviews and audits.
* ** Contribute to Workday release activity**, including testing new functionality, identifying impacts and supporting implementation and communication.
* ** Help identify opportunities to improve Workday functionality and processes**, making the system easier and more effective for colleagues to use.
* ** Work closely with People teams, IT partners and stakeholders across the business
** to understand their needs and help develop effective system solutions.  
** What you’ll need
** You’ll have
** practical experience of working with Workday**, with some exposure to configuration, reporting or system support. You’ll have good analytical and problem-solving skills, an interest in how systems can improve People processes, and be keen to
** develop your Workday knowledge and technical capability further**.We’re particularly interested in candidates who have experience or knowledge of
** one or more of the Workday areas we currently have live**, including:
* Time Off & Absence
* Time Recording / Overtime
* Learning* Talent
* Performance* Expenses
* Organisational Management
* Benefits* Compensation / Advanced Compensation
* Recruiting* Workday Extend  
** You don't need experience across all of these areas. Knowledge or hands-on experience in one or more would be beneficial, with opportunities to broaden your Workday expertise within the role.
** You’ll also ideally have experience in
** some
* * of the following:
* ** Workday reporting and calculated fields**, or an interest in developing your reporting capability.
* Supporting
** Workday business process configuration
** and testing.
* Using
** EIBs or other data-loading tools**.
* Supporting integrations between Workday and other systems.
* Workday security and access management.
* Testing system changes and supporting Workday release activity.
* Working collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues.
* Working within a People/HR environment, with an understanding of HR processes.
* Exposure to
** Workday Extend
** would be advantageous, but is not essential.  Most importantly, you’ll be
** curious, analytical and keen to learn**, with good attention to detail and a willingness to develop your Workday expertise as part of the role.

Closing date: 2nd November 2026

Interviews:
Week commencing 23rd November 2026