HR Assistant

QMC campus is both beautiful and vibrant its a rewarding setting to work in alongside a great group of staff students governors and volunteers. The HR team is an integral part of North Hampshire Education Alliance and operates from within Queen Marys College.

The HR Assistants will be an asset to the Human Resources team is through offering high-quality administrative support and providing people centred HR advice to all employees. Thus contributing to the Trusts aim of inclusivity excellence on your doorstep. The HR Assistant will have a significant role in ensuring an overall high-quality employee experience.

Whilst the role is varied and interesting it is set in the backdrop of employment law compliance and the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance so a strong eye for detail and interest in adhering to law and policy is an advantage.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Accountable to: Director of HR & DSL

Key Purposes

To support the role of HR to raise the quality of the employee experience

To assist administrative activities within the HR team.

To prepare internal job packs for recruitment

To assist with administration for DBS pre-employment checks

To be responsible for the maintenance of HR filing

To update the HR system

To assist with Payroll administration

An understanding and application of legal principles in the workplace for e.g. ED&I H&S and GDPR

All staff are committed to the principles of promoting Safeguarding Child Protection and Prevent for young people

To support on Open Evenings and other marketing and promotional activities when required and as appropriate

All other related duties commensurate with the role.

Key Outcomes

To support HR to ensure staff are recruited and retained through enhancing their employment journey.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The successful candidate will be able to give a clear demonstration of the following requirements:

a strong interest in supporting people (internal client)

a willingness to deliver HR solutions with empathy compassion and kindness

a good level of general education

a sense of humour and demeanour appropriate to working in a setting with children and young people

a demonstrable commitment to the philosophy and practice of inclusion and fairness

an ability to understand and carry out reasonable instructions

an ability to accurately judge when to use own initiative

strong setting appropriate communication skills

a demonstrable understanding of working within multi-generational workforce

ability to use discretion at all times and retain confidentiality in often sensitive and complicated situations

a people centred problem solving approach

a strong eye for detail with good clear written skills

an ability to challenge and innovate respectfully

a commitment to progression for and safeguarding of young people

an ability to adapt to prioritise a variety of people related challenges

The following requirements are desirable:

Previous experience of working in HR recruitment or compliance

Previous experience of working in an admin role

Strong IT Systems and IT skills

Contract:- Initially casual with possibility of a 6 month 12 month fixed-term contract from September 2026.

Hours:- 5 hours per week term time

Please see attached job description for further information