HR Assistant

Collaborative Learning Trust, Otley, LS21 3JP

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 25 - 30 Hours Per Week – To Be Discussed Term Time Only Plus 10 Additional Days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC Grade B3 Scale Points 7 - 11

What skills and experience we're looking for

NJC Grade B3 Scale Points 7-11

Actual Salary £15,727.62 - £16,763.50 Per Annum (25 Hours)

Actual Salary £18,873.14 - £20,116.20 Per Annum (30 Hours)

25 - 30 Hours Per Week – To Be Discussed

Permanent - Term Time Only Plus 10 Additional Days

Required ASAP

The Collaborative Learning Trust are looking to recruit a committed, enthusiastic and highly organised HR Assistant to join the central team.This is an exciting role as part of a growing Trust, contributing to the HR function, providing a comprehensive, effective and professional HR and Payroll service across the Collaborative Learning Trust. Being able to communicate at all levels is essential with the ability to form and maintain positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have:

• English & Mathematics GCSE Grade A*-C or equivalent
• Experience of working in a HR department of a mid-sized organisation
• Tenacity, flexibility and the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to use HR policies and procedures
• Experience of using HRMIS.

What the school offers its staff

For more information on the job description please click on the 'Vacancies' tab at https://www.collaborativelearningtrust.com/

Please note we do not accept CVs.

Closing Date: Monday 5th January 2026 at noon

Selection Day: Monday 12th January 2026

Collaborative Learning Trust is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

In line with KCSiE 2025, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

HR Assistant Recruitment Booklet Dec 2025.pdf - 486 KB (opens in new tab)

About Collaborative Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Collaborative Learning Trust website
• Email address: becci.denby@collaborativelearningtrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/collaborative-learning-trust

As a Multi-Academy Trust founded on existing school partnerships in Yorkshire, we are proud of what we have achieved so far and excited about the future. Our aim is to constantly strive to support the development of lifelong independent learners in a child centred and inclusive Trust. We believe that this can only be achieved by building strong partnerships so that schools within Yorkshire are able to draw on the very best practice, wherever that may lie, and share expertise across the Trust.

The Collaborative Learning Trust places children at the very centre of everything that we do. The provision of key central services by the Trust enables individual schools to focus even more on providing an outstanding school experience for children and young people – in line with the Trust’s vision.

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