HR Administrative Assistant - Booker Park School

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff facilities

Pension with Life Cover

Employee discounts

EAP 24/7

Job summary

The Vale Federation of Schools in Aylesbury is seeking an experienced Administration Assistant to join the HR Team, providing a welcoming, professional and supportive service to staff across the Federation of Schools. Term-time only: Yes.

37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year including INSET days. The role is permanent, full-time, and involves HR administration, recruitment support and regular communication with staff and schools.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Proficiency in IT and data entry.
• Ability to work collaboratively and maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely administrative support to the Head of HR and HR Officers.
• Assisting with recruitment, on-boarding, staff absence management and general HR administration.
• Responsible for checking emails regularly and keeping up to date with all school and Federation communication.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

IT skills

Confidentiality

Job description

Location: Aylesbury

Overview

Are you highly organised, adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administration Assistant to join the HR Team at The Vale Federation. The successful candidate will work alongside the HR Officers and Head of People to provide a welcoming, professional and supportive service to staff across our Federation of Schools.

Term time only: Yes

Weekly Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 41 weeks per year including INSET days

Salary type: Other

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Interviews to be held: To be conducted as suitable candidates apply

About us

At Booker Park School we look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment. The school is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post‑16 site Harding House.

• Provide accurate and timely administrative support to the Head of HR and HR Officers
• Assisting with recruitment, on-boarding, staff absence management and general HR administration
• Responsible for checking emails regularly and keeping up to date with all school and Federation communication

What We Can Offer You:

• Large staffroom with resourced kitchen with complimentary hot and cold beverages
• Employer contribution pension scheme, with Life Cover
• Access to employee benefits including discounts on travel and purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants
• 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Join us and make a difference in the day-to-day life of our school community!

Please see attached Job description for further information.

About you

What We're Looking For:

• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Proficiency in IT and data entry
• Ability to work collaboratively and maintain confidentiality

For further information please see attached Person specification.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lisa Snook (HR Officer).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we appoint an appropriate candidate

If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date you must assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful

The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.

The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.