People Administrator (Apprentice)
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Leigh Academies Trust
Medway
- Expired
- Salary:
- £12,500 per annum + 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 21 August 2023
Job overview
The People Services Team (HR) at Leigh Academies Trust is expanding and we have a fantastic opportunity to appoint an People Administrator (Apprentice). This is a new role within our People Services Team, and it’s a chance to join an established and experienced HR function - you'll be learning from the very best!
As this role is offered as an apprenticeship, we don’t require our successful candidate to have any prior experience in HR, rather we are looking to appoint someone who is a real people-person, strives to go over and above to help people and is keen to learn a range of new skills. We’re hiring for the right attitude - this is so important to us. Our successful candidate will work towards a nationally-recognised Level 3 HR programme qualification, delivered by LAT Apprenticeships. Hybrid - 2 days working at home and then 3 at Head Office ( Strood). Click here to read more about LAT Apprenticeships.
The range of tasks our People Operations Administrator will be doing on a day-to-day basis will be varied:
- You will be the main point of contact for new employees to the Trust for the area that you cover.
- You will support in generating the necessary onboarding documents, contracts of employment, applying for references, undertaking DBS checks, safeguarding checks and adding all of the new starters details onto our HR/Payroll systems.
- Keep all shared spreadsheets up to date at all times.
- For overseas candidates you will assist with applying for Qualified Teacher Status, Visas and undertake any overseas police checks.
- You will ensure that all departments are notified of the new starter and that preparations are made for their arrival.
- Liaise with the academies when needed.
The role is based at Leigh Academies Trust Head Office in Strood, Rochester. LAT has adopted a hybrid approach for Head Office staff with 3 days being based in the office and 2 days working from home - the day from home for this role will be determined. The working basis of the role is 37 hours per week throughout the full year; Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm, with an early finish of 4.00pm on Fridays.
Our successful candidate will receive;
- A starting salary of £12,500 per annum whilst on the 18-month apprenticeship programme
- 25 days annual leave per annum plus bank holidays, which increases to 30 days with length of service
- Further career development and training opportunities to suit your needs and career objectives
- A full range of benefits, available to all LAT employees (click here to view)
Please note that all applications must be submitted electronically via our e-recruitment system; we cannot accept CVs or speculative emails outside of this system.
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About Leigh Academies Trust
- Leigh Academies Trust
- Carnation Road, Rochester
- Kent
- ME2 2SX
- United Kingdom
Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) is one of the largest and most successful school groups in England. Starting in 2008 in Dartford, the Trust is now responsible for 33 academies of all types, educating over 24,000 pupils, employing almost 4,000 talented staff and with access to an annual income of over £250m. Our Ofsted track record is impressive. Currently, 56% of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” whilst inspected as part of the Trust.
LAT has remained local with all of its academies located in the South East (Kent, Medway, Bexley and Greenwich), within a one hour drive across the South Thames Corridor. This helps us to share resources and expertise much more easily and offer abundant training and progression opportunities to staff. We invest heavily in our workforce and enjoy strong retention across all job roles. The Trust has embedded various advantages which mean that LAT is an excellent place to develop a career in education. This includes being a highly inclusive employer which celebrates the diversity of its workforce.
Our scale and experience means we have been able to develop several well-chosen approaches to running schools which we know work well. These include:
- A small school approach to education where larger academies are organised into colleges. This ensures high quality pastoral care for pupils.
- A world class digital strategy where all staff and pupils have their own device making teaching, learning and operations efficient and highly impactful.
- Disruption free learning and a “warm strict” approach to behaviour management so that teachers can teach and pupils can learn.
- An all-through International Baccalaureate curriculum equivalent in quality to some of the best fee-paying schools and grammar schools in the UK and further afield.
In addition, The Leigh Institute - which is part of LAT - is responsible for Kent and Medway Training, one of the region’s biggest initial teacher training organisations, a large teaching school hub called Thames Gateway and an accredited apprenticeship provider. This powerful organisation trains, develops and supports 1,000s of teachers, support staff and leadership teams across the region each year. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030, available on our website.
Benefits for LAT employees
As part of Leigh Academies Trust you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
We strive to offer a range of benefits that all employees can take advantage of which we regularly review and improve, based on what our staff want and need - click here to view what you’d receive as a member of staff with Leigh Academies Trust.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
To find out more information regarding Leigh Academies Trust, please click here https://leighacademiestrust.org.uk/.
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