HR Assistant

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Professional CIPD membership and Level 3 or 5 qualification or currently studying towards or willing to do so.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Administrative experience in either an HR or generalist environment.
• Evidence of dealing with HR queries.
• Evidence of strong communication and customer service skills.
• Evidence of ability to organise and plan own workload.
• Flexible approach demonstrating the ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality and integrity.
• Evidence of having planned work over short to medium term to include contributing to project deliverables.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels to influence and get things done.
• Ability to take responsibility for planning own work and deliver consistently when working to strict timescales and conflicting priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to successfully present information verbally through use of formal presentation tools.
• Ability to carry out basic research, collect and collate data to include basic analysis and interpretation.
• Excellent IT skills, including the ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Ability to travel independently to meetings and work locations across Anglian Learning Trust schools, including rural sites where public transport options may be limited.
• Be a strong team player.
• Highest levels of integrity and probity and a commitment to highest levels of effort, endeavour and focus on standards

What the school offers its staff

Joining Anglian Learning comes with a range of benefits, fostering both personal and professional growth. Our coaching and mentoring programmes are designed to offer tailored support that enhances your skills and career development.

Other benefits and support available to all

Trust employees include

• Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free membership to all Anglian Learning Sports Centres
• 20% discount on Anglian Learning Adult Education Courses
• Professional Development Scheme Policy
• Employee Assistance Programme offering a range of services to staff and their families
• Specsavers VDU Vouchers
• Boots Flu Vouchers
• Access to a wide range of discounts on high street and online shopping via ‘Teacher Discounts’ and the ‘Blue Light’ card

Further details about the role

Led by the Director of People, the HR Shared Services Team adopts a business partnering model with a relatively newly formed team consisting of HR Business Partners, HR Officers and HR Assistants.

As a key member of the HR Team, the HR Assistant plays a vital role in delivering an efficient, professional, and people-focused HR service across Anglian Learning’s shared services HR team and Trust-wide projects.

Reporting to the HR Business Partner and working as part of a team the

HR Assistant is responsible for

• Provide comprehensive HR administrative support and first-line advice across the full employee lifecycle.
• Act as a key point of contact for managers and employees, ensuring queries are resolved promptly and processes run smoothly; from recruitment and onboarding through to contractual changes, pay reviews, and compliance checks.
• Contribute to process improvements and streamlining HR practices in order to deliver a high-quality, efficient, and pro-active HR service.
• As we embed a more consistent and strategic approach to HR across our schools and shared services functions, you will take ownership of delegated areas of work, including recruitment campaigns, data management, and maintaining accurate records on our HR systems and Single Central Record.
• Support HR projects and change programmes which contribute to the Trust’s people vision and strategy.

This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple sites, contribute to Trust-wide HR initiatives and continuous improvement projects, and grow your expertise as a HR generalist.

The post holder will be office-based on average 3 days per week during term time (scope for addition working from home during school holidays) and based primarily at the Head HR Office in Cambridge with regular travel to schools within the Trust.

How to Apply

Please complete the application form by following the link provided. We are unable to accept CVs.

Closing Date

Tuesday 9th June 2026

Interview Date

Week commencing 15th June 2026

Start Date

To be agreed, subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.