Trust HR Assistant
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Stockton-On-Tees, TS17 0RJ |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 12 Oct 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic HR Assistant to join our Central Services HR Team. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and IT skills, a proactive and organised approach, and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively. You will be confident using your initiative, working independently when required and providing a professional and responsive service to colleagues across the organisation.
You will be based at Spark Education Trust Central Offices at Whinstone Primary School, working as part of the Central Services HR Team. You will provide day-to-day HR administrative support to the HR Team, Headteachers and School Administrators across the Trust. This will include supporting recruitment administration, maintaining accurate employee information across a range of systems, and keeping records up to date. You will also be a first point of contact for HR enquiries from staff and applicants, monitoring the HR and Vacancies inboxes and responding to telephone queries, referring or escalating enquiries to the appropriate member of the HR Team where required.
What the school offers its staff
• A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere.
• A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team.
• Opportunities for career development.
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.