HR Assistant

Location: The Trust Academies’ sites, with hybrid working in the academy holiday periods

Start Date: April 2025, or as soon as possible

Application Deadline: 9:00 am on Wednesday 26 March 2025

Salary: £25,647 per annum (pro rata for the fixed term period)

Contract: Fixed term contract ending on 31 December 2025

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8/8:30am - 4/4:30pm)

• Are you an organised individual, with good attention to detail?
• Do you have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills?

If you can answer yes to these questions, we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and supportive HR team, providing the successful candidate with the skills to develop their HR career.

There is never a quiet moment in HR so this role will suit somebody who thrives in a busy team-working environment. You will be the first point of contact and will need to assess the nature of the query in order to signpost or appropriately escalate the query.

To be successful in the role you will have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, with the ability to communicate with a wide range of individuals. The ability to work as part of a team and work independently is essential, as is high attention to detail to ensure the accuracy of HR records and documentation.

This is a rewarding and developing role, but you will need to enjoy a fast-paced challenge at a time of change for our team. The Trust will offer extensive training on any external database systems, but would expect the successful candidate to have significant experience of utilising Google and Microsoft office, particularly Word/Excel, Google docs/Google Sheets.

The HR Assistant is expected to work across all 3 sites and therefore travelling will be required.

The Prospect Trust

The Prospect Trust is a leading Multi-Academy Trust in the South of England, with an aim of providing outstanding education for all learners within a family of local academies. There are currently three academies within the Trust: The Sixth Form College Farnborough, Tomlinscote School and Frimley Church of England Junior School.

The Trust has already created a number of centralised functions to support the delivery of outstanding education, including HR, Finance & Payroll, Estates & Facilities and Careers Guidance. This is an exciting time for either an experienced HR Assistant, someone who is looking for a short term placement or an individual seeking to embark upon a HR career to join our team, as we will support the successful post holder to understand the processes that apply across Trust academies, along with the nuances of providing HR support and advice in the education sector.

You will need to hold a full driving licence as movement between the sites is an essential criteria for this role.

How to apply

If you would like to have a further discussion before applying for this role please contact Martha Trott (Senior HR Advisor) on martha.trott@prospecttrust.org.uk.

Please complete the attached application form and equality monitoring form and email all completed applications to martha.trott@prospecttrust.org.uk

by 9:00 am on Wednesday 26 March 2025.

Early applications are encouraged, as the Trust may at its discretion elect to both interview and select candidates before the advertised closing date.

Other information

The Prospect Trust takes the control and processing of employee data very seriously

and is committed to acting in line with the GDPR regulations; please read the attached applicant privacy notice which explains how your data is processed.

Prior to the interview, an online search will be conducted by HR, to identify any past or current incidents or issues that might affect your suitability to work with children and undertake this role. Please note this online search will be carried out only on publicly available information and be limited to issues relating to your suitability to work with children and/or in an educational environment. Issues that arise will not automatically be a bar to your employment at the Trust but may be discussed with you at interview. This is in line with statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, however all disabled applicants who meet our minimum criteria will be invited for interview.

The Prospect Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people within our care and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. Any future offer of employment remains subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance, a health check and references.