Hr Assistant - Chiltern Wood School

Overview

Term time only

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Range 3– Range 4 DOE (£27,310- £31,645 FTE)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (plus opportunity to work some o/t during the holidays)

Closing date: 15/04/2024 00:00

Interviews to be held: TBC

Location:Chiltern Wood School – (Multi Site – High Wycombe Area)

Responsible to: HR Manager

About us

Chiltern Wood School is an expanding Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years. The school is located over two sites in Cressex and Downley and Teaching Assistants may be asked to work within any of our departments for children with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties across either site. We are also excited to confirm that we will also be expanding to a third site in Studley Green this September.

www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk

About the role

As part of the expansion of our school and increased workload, we are actively recruiting an HR Assistant who will be responsible for the administrative responsibility of the Human Resource Function which includes recruitment, employee life-cycle, workforce planning, maintenance of single central record, training and development and attendance and performance monitoring.

About you

The successful candidate will work closely with the HR Manager to provide best practice HR support to all employees, covering all general aspects of employee relations. In addition, the HR Assistant will provide support to the HR Manager through a range of administration and tasks, with the opportunity to support with more complex meetings, including minute taking.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience in an administrative role – preferably Human Resources, experience of working within a school, whilst desirable, is not essential. We are aiming to recruit and appoint after the May half term to allow ample time for a full handover in preparation of the opening of the new site and to ensure the HR Assistant is sufficiently trained prior to the start of the new academic year. As the role support HR for all 3 sites, the successful candidate may be required to work at any of the 3 sites –as agreed with the HR Manager. On that basis the successful candidate would need to have a full UK driving licence and transportation to travel between sites as necessary.
We are looking for someone that is able to work Monday – Friday (25 hours per week) – we can be flexible with times to suit the candidates needs.

Other information

This role will work collaboratively with the HR Manger and wider Admin function as well as site staff therefore it is imperative that the successful candidate has strong communication and interpersonal skills, to ensure that they are able to work effectively with all key stakeholders.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

Closing Date: 15th April 2024.

For full details, virtual tours and an application form please visit www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk
Applications to: HR@chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk

Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory, Enhanced DBS, qualifications and reference checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.