Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
10/03/2025
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 24/03/2025 12:00
Salary:
£28,163 - £30,060 per annum
Job Category:
Schools - Support
Employment Location:
Drayton Road Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE3 3RU
Further Information
This school has Academy status and is part of Prosper Learning Trust; the employer will be the Multi Academy Trust.
Drayton Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 3RU
Interview Date: w/c 31st March 2025
Start Date: ASAP
We are positive about flexible working opportunities within our Trust and would therefore welcome applications from candidates wishing to apply for this post on a part time and / or term time basis
Are you seeking a new challenge?
Prosper Learning Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic HR Assistant to join our busy and friendly team. This post offers a unique opportunity for an ambitious applicant to join an established multi-academy trust where they will develop their HR skills to support our academies and Trust.
The position would suit:
- Current HR Assistants
- Newly Qualified HR Apprentices
- New graduates who are interested in a career in HR
- Experienced Administrators who would like to move into an HR career
Some of the main duties will include:
- Being a point of contact for all employees across the trust and its schools
- Coordinating, advising and supporting Senior Leaders, Headteachers and the CEO on all aspects of recruitment and selection
- Providing centralised HR administration support services for the trust and its schools including recruitment, contracts, induction, probation, changes and leavers
- Monitoring the HR Admin email inbox and recruitment applications via the recruitment portal, responding to queries and escalating more complex queries to the Senior HR Officer, HR Adviser or HR Manager, as appropriate
The successful applicant will be based with the Central Services Team. Applicants will be able to manage their own workload and respond to the demands of a busy team. Applicants will need to be committed, flexible and highly motivated in their work. Relevant training and support will be provided.
Experience of working in a school / academy or an education setting is highly desirable.
The successful candidate will:
- Have excellent communication and inter-personal skills
- Have experience of delivering high quality customer service
- Be able to plan, prioritise and manage their own workload independently to meet deadlines
- Be a supportive and co-operative team member with a flexible approach
The successful candidate will be welcomed into the Central Team. If this job sounds like you, don’t hesitate to apply.
Benefits of working for Prosper Learning Trust
Prosper Learning Trust was established in January 2018 to help vulnerable young people succeed against the odds. Four core values underpin everything we do as a Trust, these are Aspiration, Integrity, Resilience and Kindness. We are looking for staff who share those values and want to support our young people.
The Trust currently have 5 schools in the region:
- Newcastle Bridges School – Alternative Provision academy offering education to pupils unable to access mainstream school due to medical needs including hospitalised children and young people (3-19 years)
- Mary Astell Academy – Alternative Provision academy offering education to permanently excluded pupils and pupils who are struggling in mainstream school (11-16 years)
- Thomas Bewick Special School – Special School academy for pupils with a diagnosis of autism (3-19 years)
- Harry Watts Academy – Special School academy for pupils with a diagnosis of autism (5-16 years)
- Gilbert Ward Academy – Special School academy for pupils with SEMH or a diagnosis of autism (11-16 years)
Prosper Learning Trust was also recently named as the lead partner in the opening of a new Free School in Jarrow, South Tyneside. This school will be a Special School academy for pupils with SEMH (4-11 years).
The Trust is proud to say that we pay all employees a minimum of the Real Living Wage and we also offer successful candidates:
- A friendly and supportive team of staff who are willing to share expertise and learn from one another
- Opportunities for career development and support with development through Trust wide Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and support from the Trust's Wellbeing Network Group
- Access to either Teacher's Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme, each with favourable employer contribution rates.
- Employee centred policies that support you in and beyond the workplace
- Funded eye tests for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
- Cycle to work scheme
For more information on why we think you should work for us see our Trust website, where you will also find videos of what our current staff think.
Safeguarding Information
Prosper Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to apply for Disclosure from the DBS.
The Trust actively promotes equality of opportunity with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. The Trust selects all candidates for employment based on their skills, qualifications and experience, in comparison against the person specification.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
Online vetting checks will be carried out for candidates who are shortlisted.
https://prosperlearning.face-ed.co.uk/Vacancies/Detail?campaignRef=SCH-PLT-0110
Please note
This job is closed for applications.