HR Administrator

Salary: £25,000-£27,000 FTE depending upon skills!!) and experience. Part time posts will be paid pro‑ratio.

বিজ্যোজঘ চো Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 1 st February 2026 m

Required for
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Part‑time and full‑time working hours will be considered, although it will be a requirement that term‑times and training days are covered.

Due to the promotion of the current post‑holder, we seek an HR Administrator to join our team as soon as possible. This role is to assist the Cluster HR Manager and Cluster HR Officer in providing day‑to‑day HR administrative support to the academy. You will be responsible for processing starters and leavers, inductions, exit interviews and management reporting as well as maternity, paternity and absenceсе management and keeping the HR database up to date and accurate in terms of payroll and personnel information.

Flexibility is essential within this role. There will be the opportunity to travel to other academies within the Northamptonshire Cluster and to take part in regional HR team meetings.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an established or aspiring HR professional who would like an exciting, challenging and highly rewarding role within our thriving Northamptonshire Schools cluster.

You will ideally have experience within an HR environment although, more importantly, you will have outstanding administrative skills and a desire to attain the highest possible standards in the work that you do. You have excellent organisational skills and be able to work on your own initiative and be confident and bản comfortable in providing first line advice to employees when required.

You will be able to prioritise your workload effectively and have excellent communication and IT skills and be able to exercise your role with discretion andптом confidentiality.

A minimum of a CIPD level 3 qualification is required for this role, however, we are willing to train the right person through the United Learning apprenticeship route.

Kettering Buccleuch Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of independent and state schools working together to achieve the best in everyone, aiming to offer a life‑changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work高校, and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group‑wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work‑life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group‑wide wellbeing programme. It’s an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

For more information:

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Sharon Howell, Cluster HR Manager, or Ellen Bowers, Cluster HR Officer via email to

Contract Type Permanent

Closing Date 01.02.2026

Salary Description UL Support Band ABM1 (£25,000-£27,000 FTE – depending upon skills and experience)