HR Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Cheney School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7QH

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2024

• Closing date

  25 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 2024

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: £21,993.00 - £23,830.23 Annually (Actual) ( FTE £25,992 - £28,163)

HR Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

Cheney School is looking for a HR Assistant to cover a period of maternity leave. This is a great opportunity for an individual to develop their knowledge and gain experience within HR! You will work closely with the HR Manager and School Business Manager to ensure the efficient running of the HR department. This position is offered for a fixed term of 6 - 9 months, working full time during term time, plus 2 INSET days, starting from January, 2024.

What skills / experience are required

This role requires the individual to be reliable, enthusiastic, organised and efficient. You need to be able to work with a high level of accuracy and have strong communication and people skills. Previous experience within a school setting and/or within a HR role is desirable.

What we can offer / about our school

We offer a positive workplace with an exceptionally supportive and open-minded staff body. Visitors always comment that people like each other at Cheney. We provide excellent opportunities for career progression, training and advancement; the range of Continuing Professional Development is second to none. You can read the outcome of our most recent Ofsted inspection here.

Visits to the school prior to the interview are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or if you would like more information about the role, please contact hr@cheneyschool.org.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Agnieszka Dazley, about the role, prior to application, then please email adazley@cheneyschool.org or telephone 01865 765726

The River Learning Trust and Cheney School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

Commitment to safeguarding

Cheney School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and obtain any other statutorily required clearance. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (1 from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.

Applying for the job

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

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Cheney School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1679 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cheney School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheney-school-oxford (opens in new tab)

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students. We are what a comprehensive school was designed to be; we are very proud of our inclusive ethos and the fact that we provide a liberal, outward-looking education to students from all backgrounds, and a caring and supportive community for staff.

We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities.

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