HR Assistant

Anglian Learning, Cambridge, CB25 9DL

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours/week; Monday - Thursday 8am - 4pm, Friday 8am - 3.30pm 52 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale 4, point 7 - 11 (£26,403 - £28,142 FTE)
• Pay scale: Scale 4, point 7 - 11 (£26,403 - £28,142 FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Anglian Learning is a high-performing multi-academy trust responsible for 22 schools in West Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Essex, educating over 11,000 pupils and employing more than 1600 staff.

Our vision is for dynamic, empowered learners who thrive and lead in their communities: locally, nationally, and globally. Our schools are at the heart of their communities and as well as providing a broad, rich, and vibrant curriculum to pupils they also provide sporting, community education and other facilities and opportunities to their local community.

The Vacancy

The HR Assistant plays a vital role in delivering an efficient, professional, and people-focused HR service across Anglian Learning’s HR Shared Services team and Trust-wide projects.

Reporting to the Director of People and working as part of the HR Shared Services team, you will provide comprehensive HR administrative support and first-line advice across the full employee lifecycle with an additional focus on HR communications and reward. You will also act as a key point of contact for managers and employees, ensuring queries are resolved promptly and processes run smoothly; from recruitment and onboarding through to contractual changes, pay reviews, and compliance checks.

As we embed a more consistent and strategic approach to HR across our schools and shared services functions, you will take ownership of delegated areas of work, including recruitment campaigns, data management, and maintaining accurate records on our HR systems and Single Central Record. You will also support HR projects and change programmes which contribute to the Trust’s people vision and strategy.

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 your expertise in employee relations, policy, and compliance. 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.

Our HR structure is designed to build capacity, streamline processes, and deliver an outstanding service. The HR Assistant is a key part of this ambition; combining a strong customer focus, excellent attention to detail, and the confidence to work flexibly in a dynamic environment.

What the school offers its staff

Employee Benefits

• Generous Pension Scheme (LGPS or Teachers’ Pension Scheme depending on the role)
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free membership to Anglian Learning Sports Centres
• 20 percent discount on Anglian Learning Adult Education Courses
• Professional Development Scheme Policy
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Specsavers VDU Vouchers
• Boots Flu Vouchers
  

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

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About Anglian Learning

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: hr@anglianlearning.org
• Phone number: 01223 907979
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/anglian-learning

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