HR Assistant

Essa Primary Academy, BOLTON, Lancashire, BL3 3HH

15 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 December 2024

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: Full Time - 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404 - £24,790 FTE
Pay scale: Grade 2, SCP4-5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Post: HR Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Range: Grade 2, SCP4-5 (£24,404 - £24,790 FTE)

Working Type: Full Time - 37 hours per week

Base: Essa Primary Academy, Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, BL3 3HH

Please note: the post holder will be engaging in regulated activity and will have the opportunity for contact with children. This position is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Northern Education Trust (NET) is a charitable education Trust with a good track record for school improvement. The Trust sponsors 29 academies; 16 secondary and 13 primaries across the North of England in twelve Local Authority regions.

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and reliable individual who is wanting to progress and develop into a career in human resources.

The ideal candidate will have first-rate organisational and ICT skills including the ability to multitask and manage a number of conflicting priorities in order to support the HR team with all administrative related matters. The role will entail working closely with, and supporting, the HR Team. You will be required to deal with the incoming day to day enquiries to the HR department and undertake any project work delegated to you by the Director of HR. You will have excellent team working skills and the ability to build effective working relationships. There may be a requirement to travel to academies across the Trust on occasion.

The successful candidate will have a keen interest in Human Resources and will be looking for a position into which they can grow, learn and develop new skills.

Closing date: Sunday 5 January 2025 at 23:55pm

What the school offers its staff

Holiday entitlement is 32 days per year (September to August). All other conditions are NJC conditions. Service with a body listed on the redundancy modification order will be recognised for continuous service purposes.

Northern Education Trust offers:

The opportunity to work and progress across the family of schools, should you wish in the future;
A further comprehensive programme of professional development, including leadership, provided through the NET Staff College.

Employee benefits

Free flu vaccinations
Free onsite parking

Further details about the role

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the interview process.

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our pupils.

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.