People Coordinator
King's Lynn Academy, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4QG19 days remaining to apply
Closing date
31 May 2026 at 1am
Date listed
12 May 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
- £26,605 - £28,861 actual pa
People Coordinator job summary
Email: peopleadvisoryservices@eastern-mat.co.uk
Website: https://www.eastern-mat.co.uk/
- Salary - £26,605 - £28,861 actual pa
- Permanent
- Full Time
- 37 hours per week
- Term Time plus 4 weeks
At Eastern Multi-Academy Trust (EMAT), we believe that every child deserves an excellent education – and that starts with exceptional staff.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated People Coordinator to join our dedicated and supportive team and grow your career in HR.
You’ll play a key role in keeping our people processes running smoothly and delivering a positive employee experience. Acting as a first point of contact, you’ll use your strong customer service skills to support colleagues throughout the employee life cycle, including HR administration, managing employee queries, absence management, payroll data, system administration, and recruitment and onboarding activity.
Within this varied role, you’ll have the opportunity to develop a specialism in either recruitment and onboarding or payroll, data and system coordination.
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 adventurous
- Experience in Education or Local government is desirable
Although this is a full-time role, we are happy to consider a job share or part-time hours.
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.
Equal Opportunities
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, committed to equity, representation and belonging. We value the diversity of our workforce and believe that different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives strengthen our schools and enrich our communities.
We actively welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented groups, and from candidates who are neurodiverse. If you require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments so that everyone can perform at their best.
We also welcome applications for part-time, flexible and job-share working, where this can be accommodated within the role.
How to apply
For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website for further information and to access our online application form.
Please review the full job description/person specification and complete the application to show how you meet the essential requirements. We’d also like to hear about your relevant experience, what you can bring to the role, and your aspirations for the future.
Closing date: 31 May 2026
Interview date: TBC
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.
This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About King's Lynn Academy
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 952 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- King's Lynn Academy website
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