HR Officer

Orion Education, Chislehurst, BR7 5PS

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  23 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 November 2026

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: £33,127.00 - £35,106.00 Annually (Actual) NJC scale 5 points 11 - 15

HR Officer job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with HR administration experience who enjoys building positive relationships, solving problems and delivering excellent service. Working closely with school leaders and colleagues across the Trust, you will play a key role in supporting recruitment, employee relations, payroll administration and HR systems management. [HRO Recrui...Pack 2.pdf | PDF]

As HR Officer, you will:

• Support end-to-end recruitment and onboarding processes, ensuring compliance with safer recruitment requirements.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR databases.
• Provide first-line HR advice and support to managers and staff.
• Assist with employee relations processes, absence management and family-friendly leave administration.
• Support monthly payroll processing, including starters, leavers and contractual changes.
• Administer key HR systems including SAM People, SAM Payroll, MyNewTerm, Flick Learning and Freshdesk.
• Produce HR reports and support data analysis and compliance audits.
• Contribute to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives across the Trust.

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

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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