HR Officer​/HR Administrator

HR Officer / HR Administrator

Location:

Kettering, Northamptonshire - NN15 6JB

Salary: £(Apply online only) a day, based upon experience

Contract:

Full-time / Term-time + inset

Start Date:

ASAP Until Easter - with the potential to be extended

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive HR professional to join our school and provide a comprehensive HR service that supports staff, leadership, and the wider school community. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring compliance with legislation, managing safer recruitment processes, and maintaining accurate staff records, while promoting best HR practice across the school.

• Legislation & Policy
  • Ensure annual legislative updates, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), are implemented and adhered to
  • Support staff and leaders with HR policies and procedures, including absence management and disciplinary processes
  • Keep up to date with current employment legislation and HR best practice
• Recruitment & Leavers
  • Support safer recruitment processes across the school
  • Prepare and place job adverts and manage advertising options to ensure cost‑effective recruitment
  • Upload application packs to My New Term , collate applications, and prepare shortlisting packs
  • Organise interview schedules and manage candidate correspondence
  • Complete all pre‑employment and safer recruitment checks
  • Administer volunteer appointments in line with safer recruitment legislation
  • Produce HR documentation including contracts, offer letters, probation documentation, and leaver paperwork
  • Manage staff probation processes
  • Work with the Senior Leadership Team to strengthen the school's employer brand and presence
• HR Administration
  • Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date staff records
  • Manage the Single Central Record (SCR) and DBS processes for staff, volunteers, and external agencies, liaising with the Safeguarding Lead and Headteacher as required
  • Complete and submit the annual Workforce Census
  • Update staff absence, holiday entitlement, and CPD records on SIMS, providing reports when required
  • Manage contract variations (e.g. maternity, paternity, flexible working), liaising with payroll providers and checking monthly payroll reports
  • Respond to staff HR queries, escalating complex matters to the external HR Advisor when appropriate
  • Organise new starter inductions and leaver interviews, sharing feedback with SLT
  • Monitor staff absence in line with policy, identifying trends and escalating concerns to the Business Manager
  • Track absence patterns and produce statistical reports
  • Manage health‑related matters including medical certificates, occupational health referrals, and leave of absence requests
  • Administer staff wellbeing initiatives, including the annual flu vaccination programme

• Previous experience in HR administration, ideally within a school or education setting
• Strong understanding of safer recruitment and safeguarding requirements
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confident communicator with the ability to handle sensitive information professionally
• Competent IT skills, with experience using SIMS and My New Term  desirable

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