HR and Recruitment Administrator (maternity cover)

Cathedral Schools Trust, Bristol, BS20 0HU

3 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
17 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: 20 hours per week across 4 days year round (0.533FTE) Flexibility in hours, days and weeks worked considered for the right candidate.
Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale: SCP 19 - SCP 24 [1.0FTE £26,167 - £29,777 ] Pro-rata salary [0.533FTE £13,955 - £15,881]

What skills and experience we're looking for

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) are looking for a highly organised HR and Recruitment Administrator to join our welcoming, dedicated Central HR team. The Trust offices are based at St Katherine’s School, Pill, with this role operating on a hybrid basis. The expectation will be that the successful candidate will have the flexibility to work from home, in the Trust office, and across the Trust schools as and when required.

The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) central team, providing efficient, timely administrative HR and Recruitment support to both the central team and all schools within this successful and growing Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administrator to join our team in this varied role. The successful candidate will have an eye for detail, enjoy multitasking, will remain calm under pressure with a good sense of humour, and have the ability to build strong and positive relationships with all schools across the Trust.

You will have effective communication skills, with the ability to support the answering of queries from staff within the Trust. You will be self-motivated, proactive, able to work effectively and collaboratively with a variety of staff members across the Trust and maintain confidentiality at all times.

Informal enquiries can be made via email to Emma Law, CST HR and Recruitment Manager: recruitment@cathedralschoolstrust.org

If you would like to find out more about CST, please visit our website: https://www.cathedralschoolstrust.org/about-us/vision-and-values/

Please note that we will only consider applications through iTrent and will not consider CVs so please ensure that your supporting statement on the application meets the requirements of the person specification. We encourage you to be succinct.

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 17th November 2024

Interview: Wednesday 27th November 2024 at St Katherine’s School, Pill

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Cathedral Schools Trust recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world. We welcome applications of all backgrounds but particularly welcome those from BAME backgrounds as we recognise that our staff team does not currently reflect the diversity of our student body.

What the school offers its staff

Cathedral Schools Trust offers you:

Competitive pension schemes through LGPS;

Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured);

Cycle to work scheme;

Discounted gym membership (PureGym and Nuffield Health);

Continuing Professional and Leadership development.

Flexible working opportunities

Flexibility in hours, days and weeks worked considered for the right candidate.

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.