Vacancy Reference
JOB002668
Job Title
HR Assistant (maternity cover)
Job Start Date
6 January 2025
Salary Range
FTE Salary: £26,409 to £32,654 Actual Salary: £24,397 to £30,166
Hours Per Week
36.5
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
Summit Learning Trust
Ninestiles Academy
Hartfield Crescent
Birmingham
B27 7QL
Telephone number: 0121 624 9010
Contact Email
recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Contract Type
Fixed term
Period of Fixed Term Contract
12 months
Closing Date
2 December 2024, midday
Job Information

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 you will play a critical role in providing day to day support to our 9 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 policies, including Safer Recruitment, GDPR and employment law statutory requirements.

This role will support 2 academies but you 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 will 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 will be fully supported by an established HR business partner in your role

Summit Learning Trust is a group of eight 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

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). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to Apply

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

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This 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.