HR Administrator

We are seeking to appoint a part-time HR Administrator on a fixed-term basis to join our team and cover a period of maternity leave, likely to end in June 2025.

As the HR Administrator, your responsibilities would include:

• Work with the HR Team with onboarding tasks, ensuring all actions are completed in a timely manner, as per the Master Recruitment Spreadsheet
• Manage the leaver process, including preparation of acceptance letters, preparing leaver forms and updating the HR systems accordingly
• Respond to reference requests in a timely manner
• Assist with the annual new staff induction days, and other INSET days as required
• Assist with the administration and maintenance of the HRIS (HR Information System) and Single Central Register, ensuring the integrity of the data entered

What we are looking for:

• A good standard of English and Maths (essential)
• Strong administrative skills and ability to prioritise effectively (essential)
• Ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines (essential)
• CIPD level 3 (desirable)
• Experience of working within HR or a similar environment (desirable)

The School offers its own enhanced benefits scheme including an enhanced pension contribution, employee assistance programme, death in service scheme, meal provision. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 650 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A-levels in the Sixth Form.

Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department.

Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk  

Telephone: 01342 710215

Closing date for applications: 5th January 2025*

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide 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. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.