Human Resource Officer (Temporary to cover maternity leave)

Teaching Vacancies; Horncastle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational trust in Horncastle is seeking an HR Support Officer for a temporary role starting January 2026, covering maternity leave for 37 hours a week. Responsibilities include responding to HR enquiries, maintaining HR data, and preparing payroll. Benefits include a competitive salary between £30,024 and £32,597, access to wellbeing services, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Access to wellbeing support

Discounted gym membership

Excellent training opportunities

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in HR or administration roles.
• Strong data management and validation skills.
• Ability to work flexibly across locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide a timely first line response to HR enquiries.
• Maintain the HR system and assist with recruitment preparation.
• Check payroll data for accuracy and completeness.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a timely first line response to HR enquiries from colleagues.
• Maintain data within our HR system, Every, updating details for starters, leavers and contractual changes, assisting with recruitment preparation as required.
• Check and prepare data for monthly payroll.
• Data validation to ensure data is accurate and complete, generation of reports for management information.
• Ability to drive and flexibility to work across the trust, for HR support/drop-in sessions.
• Participation in delivery of training and relevant working groups for development of policy and practice.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

• A temporary role commencing January 2026 to cover maternity leave, 37 hours per week for 52 weeks per year.
• Salary upon appointment Grade 6 Scale Point 15 to 18 £30,024 to £32,597.
• Access to wellbeing support, physio, counselling and GP services.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Excellent training opportunities to support career progression.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work.
• Employment within a strong and progressive educational trust with firm family values.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.