HR Administrator

Cabot Learning Federation, Bristol, BS15 4JT

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  12 January 2026

• Closing date

  25 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,859 – £31,111

HR Administrator job summary

Job Title: HR Administrator

Actual Annual Salary: £28,859 – £31,111 (Grade C) Based on 37 hours per week, all year round

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Contract Length: Fixed until 31/08/2026

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday / All year-round

Additional role info: This is a hybrid role based across Federation House (Kingswood, Bristol), home working, and regular travel to CLF academies. The post holder will be required to work at Federation House every Wednesday, with additional visits to academies across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Gloucestershire.

Provisional Start Date: February/March 2026

Support high‑quality HR operations and help us build inclusive, thriving school communities.

We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive HR Administrator to join our Central HR Team at Cabot Learning Federation. This role is vital in ensuring the smooth delivery of HR processes across several academies, providing accurate administration, excellent customer service, and reliable first‑line HR support.

You’ll work closely with HR Officers, academy leaders, payroll partners, and colleagues across the federation to maintain accurate HR records, process employment changes, and contribute to an efficient, values‑led HR service. From managing data and supporting payroll to responding to day‑to‑day HR queries, your work will help keep our HR operations running smoothly and professionally.

This is a trust‑wide, varied role offering the opportunity to develop HR skills and gain experience across a large multi-academy trust.

About you:

You will have:

• Strong administration experience, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  
• Confident IT skills, including experience using HR Information Systems or the ability to learn new systems.
  
• The ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and empathy.
  
• Strong time‑management skills, able to manage a busy and varied workload and meet deadlines.
  
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with staff at all levels.
  
• Good literacy and numeracy, with GCSE English and Maths.
  
• A commitment to inclusion, safeguarding, and excellent service delivery across our school.
  

Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.

Why join CLF’s Central HR Team?

• Be part of a friendly, collaborative team committed to delivering excellent HR support across the trust.
  
• Work across multiple HR functions—HRIS, payroll support, recruitment coordination, data management—gaining broad HR experience in a supportive.
  
• Enjoy flexible hybrid working, with opportunities to visit academies and work closely with colleagues across primary, secondary, and specialist settings.
  
• Access professional development and the chance to grow your HR career within a large and expanding multi‑academy trust.
  
• Contribute to a values‑driven HR service that champions inclusion, equity, resilience, and togetherness across our school communities.
  

Why work at CLF?

We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

What we can offer you:

• Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
  
• Generous annual leave.
  
• A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
  
• Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
  
• Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
  
• A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
  
• Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
  

Recruitment timeline:

• Closing Date: 25 January 2026 @11:59pm
  
• Shortlisting: 26 January 2026
  
• Interviews: Week Commencing 02 February 2026
  

We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.

As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.

Please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out. 

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.

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

The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

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 Cabot Learning Federation

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cabot Learning Federation website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cabot-learning-federation

Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) is a diverse West Country multi-academy trust which is home to 36 schools operating in five clusters in Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Somerset.

The CLF is unique due to its tight geographical concentration, the diversity of the communities it serves, and the variety of educational provisions it offers. We are one of the largest and most respected trusts in the South West and hold national as well as regional recognition due to the breadth and influence of strong practice in our trust.

Our collaborative culture, driven by a strong moral purpose, is key to our success. We believe strong collaboration can drive school improvement and embed excellence in our academies. Our team is united with the common goal of delivering outstanding educational experiences and promoting the life chances of the young people in our academies now and in the future.

Following a recent period of growth, we are proud to serve circa 18,000 pupils who all attend one of our 10 secondary academies, 17 primary academies, an all-through provision, a studio school, a discrete post-16 provision, three special schools and two alternative provisions spanning the age ranges.

The CLF is an equal opportunity employer and is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. To ensure our leadership team is fully representative of the people we serve, we are encouraging applications for this role from global majority communities.

We are proud to be part of a diverse region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupils’ needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.

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