HR Officer - Term Time - Term Time

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-7056-216S
• Posted:19/09/2019
• Pay:Term time actual salary £21,711 - £28,317
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:08/10/2019 at 17:00
• Interviews:16th October

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Five Acre Wood is a successful, outward looking and expanding District Special School based over 3 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We currently have 530 pupils on roll aged 2-19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

We have approximately 350 employees. Our achievements include Ofsted “Outstanding”, Investors in People “Gold” and we have recently gained the WAS “Wellbeing Award” which recognises how we look after employees and pupils.

We have a “Culture team” whose role is to ensure culture is at the heart of what we do. There is a real opportunity to make a difference to the HR function and school.

The HR team supports approximately 350 staff across 3 sites in the Maidstone area, plus a newly established college and an external provision.

The team is made up of a Head of HR and 2 HR Officers. The role is based at FAW Boughton Lane, Maidstone with the HR team. The 2 existing members of the HR team came from the private sector after taking maternity leave. This is an ideal role for a professionally qualified HR person who would benefit from working term time only.

The role is term time only, with an additional 5 days during school holiday periods (to be agreed). 37 hours per week, hours will be 8am – 4pm, finishing at 3.30pm one day per week.

FTE for the post is £25,238 - £32,197. Actual salary for term time (dependant on CIPD qualification and experience) will be £21,711 - £28,317. In addition to the salary there is a generous KCC pension scheme, Kent Rewards – which has access to discounts at 100’s of food shops, retailers, restaurants and cinemas and a Cycle to work scheme.

The job description and person specification for the post is attached to this advert.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Hayley Talbot

Head of HR

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is a successful outward looking and expanding Special School based over 4 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We are one of the largest special schools in the country with over 800 pupils on roll aged 2-19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

Our ‘Outstanding’ school will continue to expand and we are looking for people with a positive approach to join us who share our vision of ‘Only the best will do’ for all our students and staff. We are a Teaching School and part of a collaborative alliance with other special schools. We have been awarded The Schools Wellbeing Award for pupils and staff which demonstrates we really value our people and want to work with them to fulfil their career ambitions.

In addition to your salary, FAW allowance and pension benefits, we have excellent additional staff benefits including:

Confidential staff counselling service A wellbeing app and platform A range of staff social and well-being events Annual flu vaccinations

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the links below:

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access. You can see it here.

Woodstock 2023 – Woodstock 2023 Festival at Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

Woodstock 2022 - Woodstock 2022 Festival at Five Acre Wood Schools - YouTube

Woodstock 2019 - Five Acre Wood School's "Woodstock 2019" - Amazing Festival in a Day! (Longer Film) - YouTube

We produced our own songs and music videos, you can watch them here: -

Beautiful – Five Acre Wood School featuring Taryn Charles - Youtube

Five Acre Wood School Featuring Jack Rose - Hall Of Fame - YouTube

Don’t Give Up – Nathan Grisdale and Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references. The school will also, as outlined in Keeping children Safe in Education 2022, complete an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicola Devereux
• Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
• Telephone: (01622) 743925
• Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job description
• Investors in People 2019