HR Administration Assistant (Gateshead Schools)

Emmanuel Schools Foundation, Blyth, NE24 2SY

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,468.00 - £27,611.00 Annually (Actual) Term Time Plus 2 weeks (Will consider Whole Time)

HR Administration Assistant (Gateshead Schools) job summary

Efficient and effective HR support enables our schools to focus on their core purpose - the provision of high-quality education - in an environment where everyone is Valued, Challenged and Inspired. The HR Assistant will support accurate administration of key HR processes so that our good working practices and positive staff relations assist in our mission to provide Christian-ethos schools of character for the whole community.

Reporting to the HR Manager, the HR Administration Assistant will provide high quality administration services in their school(s). The HR Assistant will also have access to professional support and guidance from the ESF HR Manager and the HR Director.

Further information is available in the role outline and person specification.

Join us, and in addition to working committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:

• Defined benefit pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
• Daily lunch allowance
• Free parking
• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

Emmanuel Schools Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.

*No agencies

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Emmanuel Schools Foundation

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/emmanuel-schools-foundation

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