HR Officer

Sapientia Education Trust, Wymondham, NR18 9SZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 August 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours a week. Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm, Friday 8.30am – 4pm.
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,711 - £30,060 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Be responsible for all HR functions for the schools allocated to the role:

 Lead the recruitment and the on-boarding process for successful candidates once recruitment is completed, to ensure all pre-employment checks are completed in a timely manner;  Provide interview support to your schools and sit on the interview panel as and when required;  Be responsible for the issuing of contracts to all staff on appointment to a new role or following a change to their role;  Lead on the HR input to new staff induction, including new staff briefings;  Ensure new staff complete the mandatory training programme;  Audit payslips and salaries on Trust forms and work through pay queries for staff;  Update and maintain the Trust’s employee database (and files) with all relevant employee personal data, particularly relating to contracts, pay and training;  Carry out regular audits of employee records and files, analyse findings and make suggestions to improve policies and procedures;  Provide HR/Recruitment system training to the schools you are responsible for as and when needed;  Provide first-line advice for all queries relating to HR;  Work with the Assistant HR Director to administer the Trust’s HR policies and procedures;  Management information reporting to schools;  Assist with other routine HR tasks, as required.

What the school offers its staff

Sapientia Education Trust is an expanding multi-academy trust with 13 primary and 9 secondary schools, education over 5,500 pupils. We are looking for a hard-working and enthusiastic person with high standards and the ability to communicate and interact effectively with others as part of our Trust as a HR Officer. The HR Officer’s primary role is to work as an integral part of the HR Team, providing the central recruitment and HR Administration function to the allocated Trust schools, the role includes the following tasks:  manage the full recruitment cycle for a high volume of positions across the Trust  producing accurate adverts and job descriptions for new posts  arranging and occasionally conducting interviews with an interview panel  work with the HR administrator conducting pre-employment and compliance checks to ensure all new staff meet the requirements  manage the induction and on-boarding processes for new staff  set up new starters on the CRM system and manage the database  support a head count of approximately 500 members of staff in all HR/payroll related queries and contractual changes The first six months of employment shall be a probationary period, and employment may be terminated by the Trust during this period at any time on one week’s prior written notice. The Trust may, at its absolute discretion, extend this period up to a further six months. During this probationary period, performance and suitability for continued employment will be monitored.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2024, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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About Sapientia Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Sapientia Education Trust website
• Email address: t.fidler@setrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sapientia-education-trust

Sapientia Education Trust (SET) is an expanding multi-academy trust with 13 Primary and 9 Secondary schools across Norfolk and Suffolk.

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