HR and Administration Officer - Part-time

St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-5207-84S
• Posted:17/03/2026
• Pay:KSD
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:14/04/2026 at 23:45
• Interviews:27th April

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HR and Administration Officer

St Francis Catholic Primary School

34 hours per week | 40 weeks per year

St Francis Catholic Primary School is seeking a highly organised and proactive HR and Admin Officer to support our staff, pupils, and Senior Leadership Team. This is a key role ensuring smooth HR operations, excellent administration, and full compliance with safeguarding and statutory requirements.

About the Role

You will lead on day‑to‑day HR management, including recruitment, onboarding, HR casework, absence monitoring, maintaining the Single Central Register, and managing staff records. The role also includes wider school administration such as office support, managing communications, coordinating contractors, maintaining pupil data, and supporting statutory returns and national testing processes.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in HR and/or administration
• Excellent communication, organisation, and IT skills
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied workload
• Commitment to safeguarding and the ethos of the school

Desirable: CIPD Level 3, Safer Recruitment training, and experience in a school environment or with systems such as SIMS, Bromcom, or HR Connect.

Why Join Us?

• Supportive, friendly school community
• Opportunities for professional development
• A varied and rewarding role where your work makes a real difference

We warmly welcome visits to the school, please could contact the school office on 01622 771540 to book your appointment.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to bring your skills to a role where every day counts, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your application using the job description and job specification attached.

Information about the school

St Francis is a popular, inclusive, well- equipped primary school serving a wide Catholic community in Maidstone and beyond. We are a large two form entry school with 420 pupils on roll. The school is housed in a modern building which includes an open plan library. All classes are well resourced and have promethean boards and visualisers.

We are a hardworking, dedicated and enthusiastic team described by Ofsted as “an impressive professional workforce, committed to ensuring that all pupils make progress”. We are committed to enabling all children to achieve the very best they can through a dynamic, creative and questioning curriculum. Staff development is always focused on ensuring outstanding teaching and learning, with challenge for all.

We have a highly skilled workforce which includes specialist staff who support children with learning and emotional needs in a supportive, dedicated environment which is specially resourced.

Our most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2024, judged the school to be good.

Tolerance, mutual respect and understanding are central to the excellent relationships and standards of behaviour within the school.

Our children are energetic and friendly and enjoy taking responsibility for themselves and others. We believe in developing the whole child in a happy and safe environment where high expectations of learning and discipline ensure that all are able to achieve academically, spiritually and socially.

We provide an outstanding Catholic education with many opportunities for our children to become immersed in the liturgical life of the school and our parish through daily assemblies, masses and other services.

Our community is enriched through strong relationships with all stakeholders – children, staff, parents, governors and friends work together to secure the best outcomes for our children. You would receive a very warm welcome to our school community.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Victoria Ebdon
• Address:Queen's Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0LB
• Telephone: (01622) 771540
• Email: generalenquiries@stfranciscatholicprimary.com

Documents

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• Job Description
• Job Specification