HR & Recruitment Assistant

Job Details

A new opportunity has arisen for an HR & Recruitment Assistant to join our HR team on a part-time basis. This is a generalist role supporting the HR & Recruitment teams in enabling them to focus on the key tasks and responsibilities within their own roles through the provision of administration & first line triage across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, responding to general enquiries and escalating as required 

Experience & Background

You will be a friendly, approachable and forward-thinking individual with previous comparable experience and a CIPD Level 3 qualification. You thrive in a fast paced and busy environment and are adept at managing conflicting priorities. You will have excellent ICT skills, an eye for detail and work with a high level of accuracy, whilst working in a professional and helpful manner to all who make use of the service, building relationships quickly with a collaborative nature to get things done 

Duties

Will include:

• Ensuring day-to-day routine recruitment and employee on-boarding & lifecycle tasks, transactions and operations are completed in a timely and efficient manner following approved process & procedures 
• Updating the Single Central Record, ensuring it is maintained and updated in accordance with current legislative and inspectorate requirements and that it is inspection ready by 9am on any given Monday during term-time 
• Overseeing and being responsible for the volunteer recruitment process; liaising and guiding recruiting managers, on-boarding volunteers and maintain accurate records
•  Responsibility for the effective on-boarding of new staff members including issuing of induction information and tracking completion of probations
• Supporting the HR & Recruitment Team with general administration duties.

Please read the job description and terms and conditions for the post for more details.

This post is Regulated Activity.

Hours of Work

This post works year-round both during when the school is open and pupils are present and during school holiday and closure periods with the hours varying between term-time and non-term time periods.

Term Time the hours are 30 hours each week, 5 days of 6 hours a day between Monday to Friday and Non-Term Time for 3 days of 6 hours per day between Monday to Friday. There is some flexibility to the actual days worked, which can be discussed at interview.

Salary

£16,593 to £18,492 annual salary based on the above hours and weeks of work, which is pro-rata of the full time equivalent salary of £21,485 to £23,944 per annum.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Funded Healthcare Cash Plan

Pension with Royal London

Salary Extras Benefits Platform

Lifeworks Employee Assistance Programme

Free lunch is provided during term time  

Swimming pool & on-site gym

How to Apply

For further details on how to apply, please visit the recruitment portal on the Bedales Schools website via the apply button.

Closing date: 9.00am, Tuesday 30 August 2022

Interview date:  After 6 September 2022

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.  Early application is advised as Bedales reserve the right to make an appointment at any stage of the application process.  

Pre-Appointment Checks

All candidates will undergo a Safeguarding Suitability Interview and application for an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check and be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK, on an on-going basis, at the shortlist stage of the selection process.

Safeguarding Statement

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Prohibition from Teaching Checks, Prohibition from Management Checks.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
• Fostering a culture of openness, safety, equality and protection;
• Providing a safe and welcoming environment where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are being listened to;
• Playing a key role in prevention of harm and an equal responsibility to act on any suspicion or disclosure that may indicate a child is at risk of harm; 
• When concerned about the welfare of a pupil, acting in the best interests of the pupil. 

All staff have a key role to play in identifying concerns early and in providing help for children and are expected to act in accordance with the school Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job candidates to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.