HR Assistant

Dean Trust Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0LF

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 32,061.00 - 33,699.00

HR Assistant job summary

Join Our People Team

We are seeking a highly organised and professional Human Resources Assistant to join our HR team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual looking to develop their career within a supportive and dynamic educational environment.

As a key member of the HR function, you will provide high-quality administrative and operational support across the employee lifecycle, helping to ensure our staff receive an excellent HR service. You will play a vital role in recruitment, onboarding, payroll administration, safeguarding compliance, employee records management, and supporting employee wellbeing.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be required to work as a HR Assistant for Dean Trust Ardwick Secondary School which is located south-east of Manchester city centre.

You will be the sole HR specialist responsible for leading the operational HR function at the schools, therefore the ability to work independently and use own initiative to provide first line advice and solve queries is essential.

The role will cover a diverse range of proactive and reactive HR related responsibilities including; maintenance of staff personnel data, recruitment & onboarding, payroll, attendance management, employee relations support, compliance & policy support.

The successful candidate must be adaptable and proactive, with a solution-focused approach. A good sense of humour and resilience is essential. You must have excellent attention to detail and the ability to handle confidential matters sensitively. The ability to develop positive relationships across the school is key to success in this role.

This is a mid-level position, therefore in order to seamlessly adapt to the demands of this position, you must have previous experience of working in a similar position. 

You will be a key member of our school communities, including the wider HR Team who are distributed across other schools within the Trust.

This is a great opportunity to contribute ideas, grow your skills and be part of a forward-thinking department. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a real impact and develop your HR career, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join The Dean Trust?

The Dean Trust is an educational charity established in April 2012, that currently comprises of 11 academies, 6 secondary, 4 primaries and 1 through school, operating in 3 hubs covering Trafford, Manchester, Knowsley and Wigan local authority areas, including some of the most deprived areas of the country. The Trust has seen steady growth since incorporation and aspires to grow further in the future.

At The Dean Trust, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating a positive and supportive working environment where colleagues can thrive professionally and personally. You'll join a collaborative team dedicated to delivering excellent outcomes for our schools, staff and students.

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Dean Trust Ardwick

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1339 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dean Trust Ardwick website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dean-trust-ardwick

Dean Trust Ardwick opened in 2015 and are now a fully-fledged Year 7-11 school, serving over 1200 pupils, in the heart of the Ardwick and Longsight community. We pride ourselves on being a local school for local children, and since inception we have become the school of choice for families.

We exist to empower our pupils to find their purpose and thrive as citizens of the world. We provide a knowledge-rich curriculum which exposes pupils to powerful knowledge, places them on an ambitious pathway and develops the character traits needed to seize the opportunities that exist. Through finding their passions we enable pupils to make a positive difference to the world. Our core purpose is not merely finite ‘success’ for our pupils but for them to thrive - continually grow and flourish.

We are explicit about the culture we want to create and have clear ideas of the desired behaviours necessary for our pupils to succeed. At Dean Trust Ardwick, we maintain a relentless focus on the day-to-day actions, behaviours and routines within the school and adopt a disciplined approach to teaching pupils the right and successful ways to do things.

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