HR and Office Apprentice - Fixed Term

Holcombe Grammar School, Chatham

• Ref:MED887-4068-107S
• Posted:10/12/2021
• Pay:£5.00 per hour
• Start Date:January 2022
• App Close Date:03/02/2022 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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We require a HR and Office Apprentice to join Holcombe Grammar School. We are seeking to appoint a hardworking and reliable HR and Office Apprentice to work in our school office, reporting directly to the Headteacher’s PA. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be a good team player and enjoy working around young people. You will also offer support to our neighbouring TSAT school The Victory Academy.

You will be completing a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Business Administration.

Holcombe Grammar School delivers an inspiring curriculum…appropriately adapted to the needs, abilities and interests of all pupils. A range of extra-curricular activities further promotes personal development and welfare– Ofsted 2018

The successful candidate will: 

• Assisting schools with permanent, long term and temporary recruitment processes
• Assist PA to ensuring schools follow safer recruitment procedures, including reference checking, chasing etc
• Preparation of employee files, adhering to HR specified requirements and preparation for audits
• Setting up interviews, providing relevant paperwork
• Monitoring and tracking absences and issuing paperwork as required
• Monitoring and tracking probations and issuing paperwork as required
• Build and maintaining excellent working relationships with PAs, Office Managers, Headteachers and SLT within schools by keeping regular contract via email, telephone or in person, offering advice, solutions and information
• Provide general administration support to the headteacher’s PA with all recruitment and onboarding matters

What you will need to succeed:

• English and Maths GCSE’s (Grades A-C/ 9-4 required)
• Good organisational and time management skills and the ability to cope with interruptions
• Good interpersonal skills
• Confident and friendly telephone manner
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Confident in use of Microsoft Office packages.

What our Trust will offer you:

• The opportunity to work with happy and well-behaved children who are excited about learning and work with parents who are supportive of our school values and ethos. 
• Outstanding CPD tailored to you, wherever you are in your career
• Support from across the Trust to help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning through resources, mentoring and school visits
• Reduced membership of a fully-equipped fitness suite and classes – located on the site of New Horizons Children’s Academy
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas
• Free parking in our staff carpark

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working at our small and friendly school, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Information about the school

Holcombe Grammar School delivers an inspiring curriculum…appropriately adapted to the needs, abilities and interests of all pupils. A range of extra-curricular activities further promotes personal development and welfare– Ofsted 2018

Holcombe Grammar School is part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust. We are a selective 11-18 boys’ school with a large and growing mixed Sixth Form. At Holcombe Grammar School our aim is that students develop into successful, well rounded, confident young people who are equipped with the academic and life skills necessary to thrive in the modern world.

Every individual at Holcombe Grammar School is encouraged to achieve their personal best and there is an emphasis on celebrating student progress as well as outright attainment. At the heart of the school is our MET agenda – Mastery, Endeavour, Thinking. By using the ‘Thinking’ skills that are developed from Year 7, and through constant ‘Endeavour’, our students go on to develop ‘Mastery’ of their studies. Whilst many students go on to achieve places at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group universities, we celebrate the achievements of all students. The vast majority of our students go on to top universities at the end of the Sixth Form

Job Contact Information

• Name:Simon Arnold
• Address:Holcombe Grammar School, Letchworth Avenue, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6JB
• Telephone: 01634 830083
• Email: office@holcombegrammar.org.uk

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