HR Officer

Orion Education, Chislehurst, BR7 5PS

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2025

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,068.00 - £33,985.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Scale 5 points 11-15

HR Officer job summary

We are seeking a motivated and dedicated HR professional to join our growing central team and play an important role in supporting our people strategy across the Trust. You will help create a positive, motivated, and empowered workforce, inspiring staff to be the best they can be for our children and communities.

Reporting to the HR and Payroll Manager, the postholder will support the development and delivery of effective HR services across all Trust schools. You will assist with a wide range of HR activities, including employee relations, recruitment, and HR administration, helping to ensure that schools receive a high-quality and consistent HR service.

This is a new role within the Trust, offering an excellent opportunity to contribute to the growth of a strong and supportive central HR function. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across schools and the central team to help deliver key HR priorities and support the implementation of people initiatives that attract, develop, and retain talented staff.

You will be organised, proactive, and professional, with excellent communication skills and a genuine commitment to supporting staff and leaders. This role offers the chance to develop your HR career within a forward-thinking Trust that values collaboration, growth, and excellence.

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

Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

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 Orion Education

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Orion Education website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/education-for-the-21-st-century

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.
Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.

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