HR & Admin Assistant

Our experienced Head teacher and her supportive senior leadership team are looking for a HR & Admin Assistant to join the office team at Robsack Wood Primary School. This role is term time only at 39 weeks per year working 26 hours per week, hours to be discussed with senior leadership team.

• To provide HR and admin support to the School.
• To provide a reception service to the school.
• To provide general admin support to the school.
• Specific responsibilities include creation and maintenance of accurate and confidential records, and complying with data protection laws.

• A friendly, dedicated staff team who believe in teamwork and building positive relationships across the school, the Trust and in the local community.
• High quality development programme with induction programmes for all new staff.
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Access to professional coaching.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling, integrated GP and nurse services, and access to a range of other wellbeing services such as private physiotherapy, mindfulness and yoga sessions, bereavement support, menopause support, men's health support.
• Access to discounted wrap around childcare for staff.
• Free academy-wide social events throughout the year.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a criminal disclosures and declarations form prior to interview. References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 online searches will be completed as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates, searching online content that is publicly available for inappropriate online content that may suggest that a shortlisted candidate may not be suitable to work with children, or that may harm the reputation of the school.

If any issues of concern come up in online searches, shortlisted candidates will have an opportunity to address these  Enhanced DBS certificate will be required on provisional offer, including a check of the Children’s Barred List. Further vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment.

Where applicable, if an applicant with a provisional offer of employment has lived and/or worked outside the UK, they will be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct or other overseas police check. Candidates will be required to arrange this themselves if they do not already have the necessary certificate. We recommend that those applicants who have lived and/or worked abroad read the  information ahead of interview to familiarise themselves with the vetting checks that will be required:
Criminal Records Checks for applicants who have lived overseas - further information

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS ADVERT EARLY AND SUITABLE CANDIDATES MAY BE INTERVIEWED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE