HR Administrator
Graveney School
Tooting, SW17 9BU
- £13,665 - £13,912 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 31 August 2021
Job overview
Would you like the opportunity to work as part of a team of highly experienced and ambitious colleagues?
Designated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in March 2015 and widely recognised as one of the top 100 state-funded schools in the country.
“Top performing local school again, based on an aggregation of the five key accountability measures…” The Times
Graveney is an extremely popular and successful 11–18 School, located in South West London, SW17, with the benefit of being situated on a beautiful campus with excellent facilities and a warm community atmosphere. We have a commitment to providing the best opportunities to all students and to developing the professional skills and career aspirations of our staff within a supportive and collaborative environment.
We are looking for an outstanding HR Administrator with excellent organisational and administration skills, who can work flexibly and under pressure in a fast-paced environment. To be successful, you will be competent in the use of IT and HR Systems.
Joining us, you will support the Finance and HR teams to input absence data to ensure compliance with absence reporting and monitoring and to produce relevant and timely reports for payroll. Other responsibilities will include administrative duties for recruitment and safeguarding checks, with particular emphasis on vetting and DBS clearances, generating termly reports, and ensuring compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, and ensuring records are maintained and updated in accordance with both internal and external inspections.
We are a warm and friendly team and would expect you to become part of that team.
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (to include Monday and Friday – all year round)
Closing date: Noon on Tuesday, 31st August 2021
Interview date: w/c 6th September 2021
Please note that applications will be considered for shortlisting as and when they are received, and the Trust reserves the right to close the advert at any time.
Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will need to undertake a DBS Enhanced Disclosure.
This vacancy is not open to recruitment agencies.
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About Graveney School
Graveney School is a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school with sixth form in Tooting, south-west London. There are 1,970 students aged 11-18 on the school roll, 709 of whom study in the sixth form.
Established in 1986, the school has held academy status since 2011. On joining Graveney, all students are placed into one of three houses: St John's, Ensham and Rosa Bassett. The secondary school is a short distance from Furzedown Primary School.
In February 2020, Graveney was again named by 'The Times' as Wandsworth's top performing secondary school at A-Level, based on an aggregation of the five key accountability measures, including percentage of pupils achieving EBacc, pupil progress, average points per pupil, average grade and average points.
Principal
Cynthia Rickman
Values and vision
The Graveney motto is "committed to excellence". Teachers provide the structure, encouragement and strategies to inspire and enable students to strive for high achievement in every aspect of their work and development. Additional study sessions are offered to pupils after school and during the holidays, in order to ensure that all have the opportunity to achieve.
Graveney has a long and enviable record of sporting success at local, national and even international level. The school understands the importance of leading an active life and the benefits this brings to pupils’ academic progress. All pupils in KS3 and 4 follow a broad and balanced PE curriculum. Sixth-form students are also provided with a range of opportunities to remain active.
Ofsted report
“The quality of teaching leads to exceptionally strong outcomes for students. There is a team of leading practitioners which impacts upon teaching and learning through professional training and research. For example, this team is leading a project running in collaboration with King’s College, London and a school project on teaching middle-ability students to improve practice.”
View Graveney School’s latest Ofsted report
Application Process
Applicants are advised to read ALL instructions and guidance on the application form prior to completion. Failure to do so may result in the form being returned to you, therefore causing a delay and missing the closing date for applications.
Wherever possible, please complete the application form electronically and include as much detail as possible; in particular:
- Section 7E (Education Training and Qualifications) Do include/account for ALL gaps in the chronology of your education and employment from secondary to higher education, as appropriate.
- Section 9 – Additional Information Please take careful note of the instructions under this section and provide as much information as possible to support your application.
Please do not submit a CV as an alternative to any part of the application form as it will not be considered.
Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
As part of commitment to this inclusive culture, we kindly ask that you complete the separate Equal Opportunities Recruitment Monitoring form in addition to the Application form.
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