HR Assistant
Ascendancy Partnership Trust, Maidenhead, SL6 3EQ18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 3 days a week @ 22.2hrs
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- (£28,383 to £30,253) FTE
What skills and experience we're looking for
An extremely well organised individual, who enjoys working in a busy environment and takes pride in providing great administrative support. Ideally, you’ll have previous experience in an HR setting and feel confident managing a range of tasks with care and attention.
You’ll bring strong communication and organisational skills, along with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage your own workload to tight deadlines. You’ll also be comfortable using Microsoft Office and handling confidential information with sensitivity and discretion.
A positive, flexible and team-focused approach is really important to us. A basic understanding of HR processes is essential, and if you have experience in education, familiarity with HR systems such as Arbor or SAM People as well as SharePoint, or are working towards a CIPD qualification, that would be a great bonus.
What the school offers its staff
- Eye care and free flu vaccination voucher
- Generous pension and life assurance schemes
- Private contributory healthcare scheme
- Staff collaboration groups
- Staff recognition scheme
- Contractual sick pay
- Cycle to work scheme
- Christmas party and social events
- Gym, food, entertainment, shopping and holiday discounts
- Free confidential mental health and wellbeing coaching and counselling services
- On-site catering
- Continuous professional development, training, and sponsorship opportunities
Why Join Us?
The opportunity to work in a supportive and collaborative HR team, whilst working a varied role, with exposure to all aspects of HR.
We support and encourage on-going professional development opportunities
Are you ready to make a difference in this new role?
Further information about the job
Who we are
At Ascendancy Partnership Trust, our mission is to provide the best possible education and therapeutic support for children and young people withadditionalcomplex needs, both in special and mainstream schools. Through collaboration and centralised values, our circa 850 staff, challenge and maximise the potential of our schools.
About the Role
We are looking for an organised and proactive HR Assistant to join our welcoming Trust central team of 15 staff, supporting our Director of HR. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a growing Trust where collaboration, flexibility and a people-focused approach are at the heart of what we do.
In this varied and fast-paced role, you’ll provide high-quality HR support across the entire employee journey, from recruitment and onboarding through to payroll and maintaining HR systems. Your attention to detail and positive approach will help ensure everything runs smoothly, accurately and in line with safeguarding and statutory requirements.
You’ll play an important role in supporting end-to-end recruitment, from advertising vacancies to welcoming new starters, as well as coordinating staff changes and helping maintain strong safeguarding practices. Alongside this, you’ll be a key point of contact for day-to-day HR queries and have regular contact with colleagues across the Trust.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ascendancy Partnership Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- careers@aptmat.co.uk
Ascendancy Partnership Trust is a multi-academy trust with deep community roots across the Berkshire area, composed of a family of SEN schools all specialising in learning difficulties.
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