People Coordinator
Eastern Multi Academy Trust, King's Lynn, PE30 4QG23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Between 15 and 22.5 hours per week, over 2 to 3 days Full year contract
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £28,598 - £31,022
What skills and experience we're looking for
At Eastern Multi-Academy Trust (EMAT), we believe that every child deserves an excellent education – and that starts with exceptional staff.
The Opportunity
Join our central People team and play a key role in supporting our academies with all aspects of HR.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated People Coordinator who is eager to develop their career and get involved in a varied and rewarding role.
As part of our team, you’ll help ensure our people processes run smoothly while delivering a positive and supportive employee experience. Acting as a first point of contact, you’ll use your strong customer service skills to guide and support colleagues throughout the employee lifecycle.
This is a truly varied role where no two days are the same. You’ll be involved in everything from responding to employee queries and managing HR data and payroll support, to assisting with recruitment and onboarding new starters.
Whatever your role in the Trust, your work will directly support our mission to deliver the best possible education.
About You
- Level 3 CIPD in People Practice (or equivalent) or working towards
- A completer finisher with experience administering or coordinating people processes
- Excellent attention to detail and high standards of accuracy
- Confidence and experience with IT systems including One Drive, MS Teams, and HR/payroll systems
- Strong customer focus, and communication skills
- Expertise in end-to-end recruitment and onboarding or payroll and data is highly desirable
- Experience in education or local government would also be an advantage
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
At EMAT, you’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking Trust that invests in its people and we offer all employees:
- A leadership team who listen and act on feedback.
- Wellbeing support, including access to employee assistance programmes.
- Family-friendly policies and flexible working opportunities.
- Being part of a Trust that values inclusion, diversity, and collaboration.
- Peace of mind with some of the most generous pension schemes in the job market.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Eastern Multi-Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to appropriate safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check (with Children’s Barred List where applicable), satisfactory references and medical clearance.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Eastern Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- peopleadvisoryservices@eastern-mat.co.uk
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Eastern Multi Academy Trust website. Here you will find information on our academies as well as key trust documents that we hope you will find useful, through the links above.
We are proud of every one of our children and colleagues for their hard work and commitment to Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities. We believe that schools should be at the heart of the communities that they serve and play their part in ensuring that all children receive a great education to allow them to take their place in the world of work or further study.
Formed in 2017, we exist for the benefit of the children and the communities that we serve across West Norfolk, Breckland (Norfolk) and Brandon (Suffolk). We currently support 12 schools ranging from Infant academies through to our Secondary academy in King’s Lynn, and have a track record in supporting schools to achieve success for their children.
Our academies promote effective learning through inspirational teaching to improve academic standards. We are proud that all of our academies have reaped the benefit of being part of our Trust and have demonstrated significant improvement.
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