People Officer

Northern Lights Learning Trust; Houghton-le-Spring; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lights Learning Trust is seeking a People Officer to join our friendly, supportive and forward‑thinking Academy Trust. The role will be based at the Trust Central Offices in Seaham.

We are looking for an experienced professional with excellent people management and interpersonal skills who can interact with staff at all levels. As part of the People team you will work alongside our Head of People, to provide an efficient, effective and proactive people service to all schools within the

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 3 certificate or equivalent HR experience.
• Generalist HR experience across recruitment, payroll and policy.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with staff at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Be an efficient, proactive People Officer supporting all schools within the trust and central team.
• Provide HR advice on recruitment, contractual changes and policies.
• Coordinate payroll processes via a third‑party provider and support meetings as note taker when required.

Skills

HR generalist

Recruitment

HR processes

Systems & data

Attention to detail

Time management

Implementing new systems

Education

CIPD Level 3 certificate

Job description

Northern LightsLearning Trust are seeking to appoint a People Officer to join our friendly, supportive and forward-thinking AcademyTrust. The role will be based at the Trust Central Offices in Seaham. We are lookingfor an experienced professional with excellent people management and interpersonal skills who can interact with staff at all levels.

As part of thepeople team you will work alongside our new Head of People, to provide anefficient, effective and proactive people service to all schools within thetrust and the central team. You willprovide support and advice to Headteachers and senior leaders on arange of people related duties including recruitment and selection, contractualchanges, and all people policies and procedures. You will also coordinate completion of thepayroll function through a third-party provider. You may also support formal meetings as note taker,where required.

The idealcandidate will hold a CIPD level 3 certificate or have relevantexperience. You will have a flexible‘hands on’ approach to the role and be able to apply yourself to a full rangeof people matters within the People team.You will be able to organise, multitask, prioritise your own work andwork to tight deadlines.

Part of theservice includes employee relatedmeetings with Senior Leaders, promoting staff benefits and supporting employeeson matters such as pay andconditions queries.

The successful candidatewill:

• Be a professional with generalist people/HR experience
• Have previous experience of managing recruitment
• Have a robustworking knowledge of people/HR processes
• Be great with systems and data and have a great level ofattention to detail
• Able to prioritise tasks and managetime effectively
• Have a passionfor supporting the implementation of new systems.