HR Assistant

Summit Learning Trust

Ninestiles School

Hartfield Crescent

Birmingham

B27 7QG

Telephone Number: 07984563376

Email Address: recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk

Job Start Date: Required as soon as possible

Hours per week: Full-time 36.5 hours per week, term time only plus 2 weeks

Are you passionate about delivering a high quality HR service and enjoy making a difference in being part of an effective team of HR professionals?

The role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our established central HR team and will play a critical role in providing day to day support to our 8 Academies and Central Team across the Trust.

You will work closely with qualified HR professionals, Principals and Senior Leaders and be responsible for providing an efficient and effective response to HR related issues in accordance with our Trust and national policy including Safer Recruitment, GDPR and employment law statutory requirements.

Initially this role will support the Central Team and one primary school but could be asked to support any of our academies across the Birmingham/Solihull area. Flexibility is essential within this role.

About You

You will 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 comfortable in providing initial 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 and confidentiality. You’ll be fully supported by an established HR Business Partner in your role.

Summit Learning Trust

Summit Learning Trust is a group of seven schools and one College, in Birmingham and Solihull.

Staff work within a friendly, supportive working atmosphere and many staff are long serving. The Trust offers free parking, an on-site restaurant, and opportunities for continuing professional development.

About the Trust

https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/

Why work for us?

• the Trust offers:

• a strong focus on staff care and wellbeing

• high quality training and support in and across academies

• a clear career pathway

• employee assistance programme

• employee discount schemes

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 6 July 2022, 9am

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 12 July 2022

For an application form and further details, please visit the Trust website

Completed application forms should be submitted to

recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk .

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

his post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.