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HR Assistant

The Stephen Perse Foundation

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
7 October 2018

Job overview

We are the Stephen Perse Foundation. Extraordinary things happen here every day.

The Stephen Perse Foundation is inspiring. It is a community in which everyone, staff or student, achieves and makes a contribution every day. 

By teaching students to think for themselves, we achieve exceptional results – but for us, education is not just about grades. We see the individual behind the results. We develop strength of character, a sense of social responsibility and an ability to innovate and collaborate. We look for and develop this added value with our staff as well as our students.

A global outlook, a focus on pedagogy, a ground-breaking commitment to digital learning and an emphasis on inspirational learning environments make us different. More than that, our policy of 'looking beyond' underpins education here. Co-curricular learning is integral to what we do, where opportunity and excellence are valued and encouraged. 

Our community, led by the Principal, Miss Tricia Kelleher, is made up of a family of six different schools, each with its own Head, comprising 1,100 boys and girls aged 3 to 18, around 150 teaching staff and 145 support staff. 

With an Exceptional ISI Inspection report in 2014 and Independent School of the Year 2014/5, we have much to be proud of as we continue our journey. 

However, we know that education in the twenty-first century is as much about looking forward as looking back. We have just completed a pioneering redevelopment plan, which includes a five-storey sports and learning centre in the heart of Cambridge. We have also admitted boys to our Senior School as of 2017, offering them access to the same exceptional education as girls. 

By celebrating diversity and collaboration in school and with our wider community we encourage students to choose a path that is right for them. We recognise potential in every child and inspire young people to achieve their dreams - guiding them every step of the way.

Your role within the HR Department 

We are a small and friendly HR team based at our Senior School site in central Cambridge. The team have responsibility for providing and delivering the HR life cycle across the Foundation to over 300 staff.

The main purpose of your role will be to:

  • act as a first point of contact for all customers to the Human Resources team
  • provide an effective Human Resources administration service
  • ensure accurate HR records on all employees including full-time, part-time and volunteers. 

At the Stephen Perse Foundation, everyone is a learner. You will need to be a confident user of technology and we will want you to have an agile and ambitious mind-set that is open to adopting new techniques. 

Application process

Please apply directly through our online recruitment portal by clicking the Apply button below.

We are unable to accept CVs as a method of application.

The Stephen Perse Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About The Stephen Perse Foundation

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+44 1223 454700

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The Stephen Perse Foundation

The Stephen Perse Foundation is a family of independent schools combining excellent results and achievement alongside personal wellbeing located across Cambridge and Saffron Walden; educating boys and girls from nursery to sixth form where students gain an exceptional skill set that supports ambition, nurtures talent, encourages creativity and critical thinking leading to success and self-fulfilment.

History of the Stephen Perse Foundation

Formerly the Perse Girls School, founded in 1881, the Foundation developed to become the Stephen Perse Foundation in 2007, and first admitted boys into the Senior School in 2017. The Foundation has grown over recent years, adding a co-educational sixth form to its highly successful Senior School in 2008, and four nurseries and early years settings (three in Cambridge and one at Dame Bradbury’s in Saffron Walden) between 2010 and 2021. The Foundation has been fully co-educational in all settings since 2017 and now comprises four nurseries, two junior schools, a senior school and sixth form.

Predominantly a day school, there are currently 65 (mainly sixth form) boarders. As well as its reputation for academic excellence, The Stephen Perse Foundation is renowned for an innovative approach to education, and a focus on preparing students for the future.


Stephen Perse Foundation Schools

  • Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Cambridge, Salisbury Villas
  • Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Cambridge, Shaftesbury Road
  • Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Madingley
  • Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Saffron Walden, Dame Bradbury's
  • Stephen Perse Junior School - Fitzwilliam Building, Cambridge
  • Stephen Perse Junior School - Dame Bradbury's, Saffron Walden
  • Stephen Perse Senior School - Cambridge
  • Stephen Perse Sixth Form - Cambridge


Mission, Vision and Values

Our Mission Statement

At the Stephen Perse Foundation, our mission is to educate and inspire the contributors to tomorrow’s world: intelligent young people with the creativity, compassion, confidence and conviction to question, evaluate and improve society.

Our Vision Statement

To deliver this mission, our vision is to create and sustain an outstanding educational environment that:

  • Fosters modern scholarship through exceptional teaching and a dynamic, flexible and rigorous academic curriculum
  • Provides outstanding breadth of opportunity and quality of experience through a rich and varied co-curriculum
  • Nurtures and celebrates individuality, wellbeing, personal development, and contribution to the growth of others, through superb pastoral care, social and emotional education, and learning support
  • Champions and models equality, diversity and inclusivity, and social and environmental responsibility with a global outlook

Our Values Statement

With excellence and creativity in teaching and learning at the core of each of our schools and nurseries, we value the positive difference our students can make in the world through:

  • Scholarship and the advancement of knowledge and understanding
  • Kindness, courtesy, inclusivity and collaboration
  • Diligence, independence and self-reliance
  • Humility, reflectiveness and the pursuit of self-improvement
  • Character, individuality, wellbeing and confidence
  • Conserving the environment and living sustainably

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