HR Assistant

Marleigh Primary Academy, Cambridge, CB5 8BG

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours a week, 52 weeks, Permanent
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC Cambridgeshire Scale 4 (£26,403 - £28,142 FTE per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Professional CIPD membership and Level 3 or 5 qualification or currently studying towards or willing to do so.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Administrative experience in either an HR or generalist environment.
• Evidence of dealing with HR queries.
• Evidence of strong communication and customer service skills.
• Evidence of ability to organise and plan own workload.
• Flexible approach demonstrating the ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality and integrity.
• Evidence of having planned work over short to medium term to include contributing to project deliverables.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels to influence and get things done.
• Ability to take responsibility for planning own work and deliver consistently when working to strict timescales and conflicting priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to successfully present information verbally through use of formal presentation tools.
• Ability to carry out basic research, collect and collate data to include basic analysis and interpretation.
• Excellent IT skills, including the ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Ability to travel independently to meetings and work locations across Anglian Learning Trust schools, including rural sites where public transport options may be limited.
• Be a strong team player.
• Highest levels of integrity and probity and a commitment to highest levels of effort, endeavour and focus on standards

What the school offers its staff

Joining Anglian Learning comes with a range of benefits, fostering both personal and professional growth. Our coaching and mentoring programmes are designed to offer tailored support that enhances your skills and career development.

Other benefits and support available to all Trust employees include:

• Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free membership to all Anglian Learning Sports Centres
• 20% discount on Anglian Learning Adult Education Courses
• Professional Development Scheme Policy
• Employee Assistance Programme offering a range of services to staff and their families
• Specsavers VDU Vouchers
• Boots Flu Vouchers
• Access to a wide range of discounts on high street and online shopping via ‘Teacher Discounts’ and the ‘Blue Light’ card

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.

Anglian Learning is pleased to share with you an exciting opportunity for a HR Assistant to join the Trust's HR Shared Services Team.

The HR Assistant plays a vital role in delivering an efficient, professional, and people-focused HR service across the Trust.

You will provide comprehensive HR administrative support and first-line advice across the full employee lifecycle including but not limited to recruitment, onboarding, induction, contractual changes, payroll, absence management, case work, compliance checks including maintaining SCRs and processing leavers. You will act as a key point of contact for managers and employees, ensuring queries are resolved promptly and processes run smoothly.

This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple sites, contribute to Trust-wide HR initiatives and continuous improvement projects, and grow as a HR generalist. You will be encouraged to develop your knowledge of HR best practice and employment law, with support for professional development and possible CIPD study if not yet qualified.

This role is office-based on average 3 days per week during term time (scope for addition working from home during school holidays) and based primarily at the Head HR Office in Cambridge with regular travel to schools within 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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Marleigh Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Marleigh Primary Academy website
• Email address: hr@anglianlearning.org
• Phone number: 01223 340340
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/marleigh-primary-academy

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