HR Assistant

Employer: Kent College, Canterbury

Location: Canterbury, Kent

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Part Time, Term Time

Salary: £27,248 pro rata

Posted: 9th April 2025

Start Date: To Be Confirmed

Expires: 22nd April 2025, 11:59 PM

Job ID: 1477656

Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen for an HR Assistant to join the HR Team at Kent College, Canterbury. The HR Assistant will provide the school with an effective operational resources service within the HR Team and support the day-to-day HR operations. The successful candidate will have strong communication and administration skills, and a working knowledge of HR and Payroll systems, with the ability to demonstrate skills and competence using Microsoft Office. They will be educated to A level or hold an appropriate CIPD professional qualification (Level 3 or above).

The position is part-time, 24 hours per week Monday to Friday. There is flexibility on how the hours are worked throughout the week, and there is the possibility of the role being term-time only.

Why Choose Us

Kent College is a co-educational school with a Methodist foundation located in Canterbury, just one hour from the center of London by train. The Senior School (11 – 18 years) has some 600 boys and girls, approximately one-third boarding and two-thirds day. This is a fabulous opportunity to work for a happy, caring, and successful school in which pupils feel supported and encouraged to aim for high standards of achievement and conduct.

The school was graded as excellent in all categories in the recent inspection conducted by ISI in October 2022, the Independent Schools Inspectorate that conducts inspections on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.

We offer a range of great benefits at KC, including a contributory pension scheme, generous training and mentoring, private healthcare via Benenden Health, free lunches during term-time, tuition fee remission, and a variety of discounts and benefit schemes including Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Octopus EV. Conditions apply.

Closing date: 22nd April 2025, although if a pool of suitable candidates becomes available before that date the College reserves the right to interview and appoint without further notice. Interviews will be held the week commencing 28th April 2025.

Safeguarding Statement

Kent College Canterbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Kent College staff and pupils are proud to be part of a welcoming international boarding community. We value diversity and promote equality at all levels, and we are passionate about attracting a diverse pool of applications through an inclusive appointment process. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of this process for any candidate with a disability. We warmly welcome applications from professionals of all backgrounds and communities, regardless of ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion, and we particularly encourage applicants who identify as Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are currently underrepresented in our community.

Please note that we may prioritise applications from current Kent College redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

Applications must be made via Kent College's online application system; CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.