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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    11 July 2025 at 9:30am

  • Date listed

    3 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

GLF Specialist £26,272 - £34,936 FTE

People Administrator job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced People Administrator, who has a keen interest in people and recruitment, to join our regional People team.

Your opportunity

We are looking to appoint a highly skilled and flexible part time People Administrator to work at Aureus Secondary School.

Led by the Head of People Operations, the People Administrator will work in collaboration with the school based team and as part of the regional team to deliver an expert service to the school.

The responsibilities include:

  • Deliver high-quality HR administration across the whole of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contractual changes, absence management, and offboarding, with a focus on accuracy and efficiency.
  • Prioritise, action, and escalate work tasks and queries to the appropriate teams, such as Heads, Employee Relations, Payroll, and HR Senior Leadership, ensuring timely resolution with follow-ups as needed.
  • Ensure the recruitment and selection process strictly adheres to safer recruitment guidelines and GLF recruitment policy. Coordinate with Recruitment Partners and school leadership teams to manage shortlisting, schedule interviews, secure references, and ensure all required documentation is accurately uploaded to the recruitment system for full compliance.
  • Oversee and manage the compliance process for all new starters, ensuring timely and thorough completion of pre-employment checks. 
  • Maintain the Single Central Record, personnel files, and training records for your assigned schools
  • Acting as a first point of contact for people related queries, ensuring high levels of confidentiality.
  • Being part of the admin team for the school

The successful candidate will ideally work 24 hours a week, Mon-Fri. 

What we are looking for

Our ideal applicant will have

  • A good awareness and understanding of people administration, to ensure compliance with regulation and procedures 
  • Excellent written and communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal, including the ability to form rapport and build good working relationships with others
  • Flexible approach and the ability to work on their own initiative 

A relevant HR qualification equivalent to Level 3 (Foundation Certificate in People Practice) would be advantageous, as would experience of working within a school environment, but neither are essential.

About Aureus School

Aureus School is an 11-16 co-educational comprehensive school. In its most recent Ofsted inspection (October 2024), Aureus School was graded good in all areas.

We firmly believe that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed and our approach is driven by a belief in a comprehensive education and centred around high expectations for all. As a community, we believe in creating a learning environment that is both engaging and exciting, with an education that challenges our students to think critically and push boundaries. There is no limit to what our students can achieve and we provide the necessary support and resources so that everyone can succeed. As a purpose built school, opened in 2017, Aureus has brand new technology using the latest equipment to enhance the students' learning experience.

Our mission is simple: Cultivating ambition; high standards for all.

We are committed to providing an exceptional learning environment that empowers all of our students to succeed. Our vision and core values of Ambition, Resilience and Respect guide every aspect of our educational journey, ensuring that each student’s experience is marked by excellence, ambition and unwavering high standards.

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.

  • Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
  • Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
  • 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
  • We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
  • Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

GLF Schools Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

  • Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension
  • Flexible working options
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Work life and family friendly policies
  • Employee wellbeing initiatives
  • Career pathways and talent management
  • Access to a staff benefits portal
  • Community and collaboration working model

Please read the attached Join Our Community candidate pack for further information.

The Details

Start Date:  September 2025

Salary: GLF Specialist £26,272 - £34,936 FTE

Pro Rata: £15,840.47 - £21,064.35

Hours: 24 hours a week, Monday to Friday (41 weeks a year - Term time plus 2 weeks)

Closing Date: Friday 11th July at 9.30am

Interview date: Monday 14th July 2025

Commitment to safeguarding

GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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About Aureus School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
545 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
Aureus School website

Aureus School is a state of the art 11-16 co-educational comprehensive school that opened in Didcot in 2017. As a purpose built school, Aureus has new classrooms using the latest equipment such as SMART TV boards in every classroom and visualisers enabling teachers to bring learning to life and engage our learners. We are committed to providing an enhancing education where all students achieve academic success. Our inspirational and challenging curriculum allows all abilities to flourish with self-confidence to thrive. We promote inclusion of all students and recognise students’ entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum whilst meeting their individual needs. We recognise that some students may require more support than others and we aim to plan accordingly. Every individual is valued, learning is enjoyed, success is celebrated and responsibility is shared enabling our students to grow into responsible, questioning citizens who play a full and active role in society. We are excited to collaborate with local stakeholders to shape our offer as a STEAM specialist mixed school to create choice for the wider community in southern Oxfordshire. Aureus School is a highly ambitious secondary school with a rigorous approach to academic standards. We are ambitious for educational success for all our learners. We collaborate with local stakeholders, such as Oxford University, Culham Science Centre and the Harwell Innovation Centre to shape our offer as a STEAM specialist mixed school to create choice for the wider community in Southern Oxfordshire.

Our mission is simple: We will instill courage, ambition and resilience in every student to empower them to achieve greatness as a global citizen through a combined drive for excellence. Our core values will underpin all of our decisions: Diversity, Equality, Wellbeing, Responsibility, Respect, Kindness, Love, Empathy, Courage, Confidence, Integrity and Resilience.

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