Trust HR Officer

Central England Academy Trust, Nuneaton, CV11 4QH

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 June 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (Term time plus training days plus one additional week’s work during the school holidays)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,191 to £25,269 (pay award pending effective 1 April 2026 not included – likely to be at least an additional 3.3%)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Central England Academy Trust is delighted to welcome applications for the post of Trust HR Officer to start as soon as possible.

Applications are invited from highly-motivated and enthusiastic individuals to provide efficient and professional administrative support to the Trust HR function, ensuring accurate employee records, recruitment administration and compliance processes are maintained to a high standard.

What the school offers its staff

At Central England Academy Trust, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:

• excellent continuous professional development
• reduced workload
• behaviour for learning that empowers teachers to teach and students to learn
• a range of imaginative approaches to ensure staff wellbeing
• free, onsite parking
• subsidised eye care for extended VDU users
• a Gym Membership Scheme
• a Cycle to Work Scheme
• free lunch for duty staff
• an Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support
• an Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials

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.

Please apply by clicking https://centralenglandacademytrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies

Alternatively, please visit the Central England Academy Trust website and click on ‘Vacancies’. The closing date for applications is 8pm, Tuesday 23rd June 2026. If you would like to chat about this post, please contact Ben Elliott, Chief Finance and People officer on 02476 740 901.

Please note that the school reserves the right to close the application process early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will be taken through the Trust's vetting procedure.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks:
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced DBS
Medical
Online and social media
Prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must let us know 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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

CEAT Trust HR Officer.pdf - 862 KB (opens in new tab)

About Central England Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Central England Academy Trust website
• Email address: admin@centralengland.co.uk
• Phone number: 02476 740 901
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/central-england-academy-trust

Thank you for your interest in joining Central England Academy Trust. Our diverse Trust serves families in Nuneaton and the surrounding areas, and currently consists of 5 schools: a primary special school, a secondary special school, two mainstream secondary schools and a mainstream junior school. We are also delighted to be opening a brand-new mainstream primary school in September 2026.

Our Trust’s core values summarise what is important to us and what we actively promote:

Collaboration: To work closely and productively with others for the greater good of everyone involved. To be positive, thoughtful and supportive towards others through showing appreciation and respect of own and other cultures, values and beliefs. We want everyone in our Trust to feel as though they are an important part of a large family.

Equity: Recognising that we do not start from the same place equity is about providing others with what they need in order to provide an equal access to opportunities. We want our school communities to be happy, empowered and supported through democratic processes and robust systems and structures where the autonomy, strengths and the uniqueness of the individual is supported, promoted and celebrated.

Aspiration: To always be ambitious ensuring that pupils and staff in our schools have the knowledge and skills to progress towards their aspirations and beyond. To support pupils to take their place in society and achieve success in adulthood.

Trust: To feel safe knowing that the reactions of others are well meaning and that systems and structures to support are consistent and predicable. To be well-informed and kept up-to-date and empowered to communicate wishes, concerns and opinions without fear of retribution.

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