HR Assistant
Forest School
Waltham Forest
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 17 August 2017
Job overview
Forest School has recently moved to a centralised HR function and the Human Resources Assistant is regarded as a key part of the School’s continuing development of the HR Department. This vacancy offers the opportunity to be involved in a growing HR Department to develop a whole school HR strategy and to play a major role in this journey to drive the HR agenda throughout Forest.
It is envisaged that the HR Assistant will form close working relationships with the School Leadership Team, especially the Deputy Warden and the Bursar. The post is for a fixed term of one year, after which there may be an opportunity for the role to become permanent.
We want an enthusiastic, capable and confident person to provide a high quality administrative service and to manage the HR systems and processes. The successful candidate must have honesty, integrity, excellent administration skills and will be a strong team player, capable of multi-tasking and able to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
Please read the Job Description for full details.
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Closing Date: 8am, 18 August 2017
Initial Interviews will be held during the week commencing 21 August 2017.
Forest School is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children. Appointment to this position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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About Forest School
Forest is an outstanding all-round School, well known for its friendly, welcoming ethos, and full of 1450 bright sparky pupils aged 4-18. We are lucky to be located in this part of North East London, allowing us to attract pupils from a diverse range of social and ethnic backgrounds who share in being academically ambitious, but are grounded, engaging and very loyal to the School. Described by the Good Schools Guide as a ‘powerhouse with a heart’ and enjoying a reputation for strong expert teaching and learning, Forest pupils are encouraged to find success on all fronts through the breadth of the opportunities on offer to them.
We aim to develop the whole pupil through our distinct educational provision which gives equal weight to academic, co-curricular and pastoral strands of school life. To this end, Forest promotes all-round educational excellence, recognising that advancement to higher education or the world of work requires top academic grades but keen to develop a sense of service in the pupils and an awareness of their responsibilities to other people, as well as themselves. Forest is recognised as a school that is always evolving, self-evaluating and planning strategically for its future, while valuing its heritage and its location, all of which makes our community a stimulating one to work in for our 150+ teachers and 100+ non-teaching staff.
For full details about working at Forest School please visit our website www.forest.org.uk
Forest School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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