Talent Pool and Recruitment Support Assistant - Part-time

Thinking Schools Academy Trust

• Ref:KCC-F40-207-S
• Posted:11/05/2026
• Pay: £12,533 - £14,545 for hours and weeks stated
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:24/05/2026 at 15:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Are you a confident communicator who enjoys engaging with people, building relationships and helping connect candidates with the right opportunities?

We are recruiting to a new role in our team. Our Talent Pool and Recruitment Support Assistant will help identify, engage and nurture prospective candidates across opportunities within our Trust.

You will be joining a recruitment team whose work has been nationally recognised, with the Trust winning the School Recruitment Award at the Education Business Awards 2026. This role will support the next stage of that work by helping us strengthen how we identify, engage and nurture prospective candidates across our Trust schools and services.

This role is focused on candidate engagement, talent attraction, vacancy promotion and social media recruitment, and would suit someone who is proactive, organised and comfortable communicating with people by email, phone and online platforms. 

Working as part of The Recruitment Team, you will help us build and maintain talent pools, keep prospective candidates engaged and support the promotion of vacancies across job boards, social media and agreed recruitment platforms. You will play an important part in making sure candidates receive timely, professional and engaging communication throughout their experience with us. 

Please see the uploaded job description and person specification for more details.

This is a part-time role with flexible working hours and flexible location within a one hour commute to a Trust school. The role is designed to provide flexibility while ensuring availability to support recruitment activity.

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant pre-employment checks.

Information about the trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Essex, Portsmouth and Plymouth. We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life, regardless of their individual circumstances. Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

Think about their Thinking Be their Best self Shape their Success

Our recruitment team plays a key role in supporting this mission by helping our schools attract, engage and appoint talented people who can make a difference to children and young people across the Trust.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Simon Arnold
• Address:The Thinking Schools Academy Trust,
  Park Crescent,
  Chatham,
  Kent,
  ME4 6NR
• Telephone: 03333 602050
• Email: recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk

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• Job Description
• Person Specification