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HR Assistant (Part time)

Co-op Academy Swinton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M27 6JU

This job expired on 8 August 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790 - £27,269 per annum, pro rata for part time, £12,396 - £13,634

HR Assistant (Part time) job summary

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding colleague to join our HR team, who in turn can provide essential support to the staff of the academy. The successful applicant will assist with accurate, efficient and effective support to the HR Advisor for the development and operation of the HR function of the Academy.

The HR Assistant will play a key role in providing a high-quality and timely support service to the staff to ensure effective and efficient administration for HR processes at school.

Key responsibilities

• Proactive accurate administration of recruitment processes in line with Safer Recruitment standards.
• Accurate, timely and consistent record keeping
• Maintain staff sickness and absences records, ensuring correct statutory paperwork is completed, recorded and stored securely in the relevant locations
• Updating and maintaining a range databases & systems such as SAMPeople, Arbor & the SCR tracker
• Ensuring that electronic and manual filing systems are consistently accurate and up to date.
• Staff Workforce Census - ensuring records are accurate and fully updated in preparation for the annual Staff Workforce Census submission.
• Ensure timely processing of probation and appraisal paperwork by line managers
• Work in a methodical manner with a high level of attention to detail
• Commitment to the aims and ethos of the school.
• Work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating calmness when under pressure.
• Manage their own workload prioritising effectively. 

This role is part time of 2.5 days per week (18 hours).

Why us?

Our academy provides a place for pupils aged 11-16. We are easily commutable from all areas of the North West with Swinton train station less than a 5 minute walk. We have a dedicated team of staff who build and share positive relationships and a caring culture with our wonderful students. This was highlighted in our recent Ofsted inspection (June 2024), where we were graded ‘Good’ in all areas.

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you! 

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:

Our employee benefits package includes:

• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More! 

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.

If you have any issues regarding your application via the SAMPeople recruit system, please contact swinton.recruitment@coopacademies.co.uk

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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.

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About Co-op Academy Swinton

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 991 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Co-op Academy Swinton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/co-op-academy-swinton

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