HR Assistant

About us and the role

Are you an HR Administrator looking for your next role?

Are you proactive and thrive in a busy environment?

An exciting opportunity for an HR Assistant to join the Avanti family, offering a fantastic opportunity to the right candidate.

You will be supporting the HR Team in the day-to-day operations, with opportunities to be involved with and assist in the recruitment process as well as supporting casework.

Ensuring documents for new hires and resignations are actioned as well as proactively dealing with HR queries, you will be a primary contact for all schools.

Avanti Schools Trust (Multi-Academy) is a family of highly successful schools (eight Primary, two Secondary, two all-through and one in pre-opening). We also operate two wholly-owned trading subsidiaries, one of which provides catering to our schools.

This role will work in a flexible, hybrid model.

Why should you apply

• You will be working in a fantastic environment.
• Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

What will you do?

• HR administration across the Trust.
• Maintain employee personal files in an orderly, secure and confidential manner, ensuring files are kept up to date and in line with data protection requirements
• Under the direction of the HR Advisor ensure that all data held on the School’s Single Central Register is accurate and up to date.
• Be the first point of contact for staff queries about routine HR, payroll and general employment matters, referring more complex issues to the HR Advisor, as appropriate.
• To assist the HR team with general administrative tasks as and when required.

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

What are we looking for?

• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
• Experienced in prioritising varied and conflicting work demands and able to work under pressure.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Very competent in the use of ICT and in particular Excel and Word.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Services Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.