Human Resources Assistant


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Chelmsford, CM1 2QE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Aug 2026
Closing date:	17 Aug 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

• A confident communicator who enjoys working with people

• Able to manage multiple priorities in a busy environment

• Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office essential)

• Experience in HR or administration (education sector a bonus)

• A team player who values confidentiality and professionalism

What the school offers its staff

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience across a broad range of HR activities

• Opportunity to develop your HR career (CIPD supported)

• Work in a supportive, collaborative team

• Be part of an organisation that values inclusion, diversity, and people

Further details about the role

Join Our Team as an HR Assistant

Salary Scale 4: £26,824 - £27,254 per annum

Based CLP Offices Chelmsford with occasional travel to CLP schools

37 hours per week | 52 weeks per year

Ready to kick-start or grow your HR career in a fast-paced, people-focused environment?Chelmsford Learning Partnership is looking for a motivated HR Assistant to support our thriving schools’ network.

Why This Role?

This isn’t just admin — it’sthe beating heart of our HR function. You’ll play a key role in supporting staff across multiple schools, helping ensure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting the full employee lifecycle – from recruitment to exit

• Managing HR records, contracts, and compliance checks (DBS, right to work, references)

• Being the first point of contact for staff HR queries

• Keeping data accurate across systems, including the Single Central Register

• Coordinating recruitment processes, onboarding, and probation tracking

• Supporting appraisals, reporting, and HR projects

What We’re Looking For

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

• A confident communicator who enjoys working with people

• Able to manage multiple priorities in a busy environment

• Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office essential)

• Experience in HR or administration (education sector a bonus)

• A team player who values confidentiality and professionalism

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience across a broad range of HR activities

• Opportunity to develop your HR career (CIPD supported)

• Work in a supportive, collaborative team

• Be part of an organisation that values inclusion, diversity, and people

Make an Impact

Join us and help shape positive employee experiences across our schools.Your work will directly support the people who support our students.

Apply now and take your next step in HR!

Ready to apply?

If you’re looking for a rewarding, flexible role where your skills make a real impact—we’d love to hear from you.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;

• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;

• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

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.

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