HR Apprentice

**HR Apprentice**

**Grade/Salary**: Band 1 (SCP 2-3) £20,441 - £20,812 Per Annum

**Hours**:37 per week, full year contract

**Location**:St Katherine’s House, Derby with the flexibility to work remotely

We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Apprentice to join our centralised HR Team, based in Derby.

The HR team provides a professional, centralised HR service to a family of 25 schools comprising of 20 primary and 5 secondary across Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Stockport. As HR Apprentice you will support the HR Manager to make a positive contribution to the overall development of the trust and workforce changes that will deliver an outstanding education for all our children and young people.

You will be involved in all aspects of HR, providing an initial response HR helpline service to all academies within the Trust, escalating to the HR Advisor or HR Manager as necessary. You will be responsible for administering the full recruitment process, including pre-employment checks for all new staff, supporting with employee relations issues, day to day queries and HR project work as required. You will also be supported to undertake a level 3 qualification within the CIPD.

Experience of working in an administrative position or within HR previously is desirable but not essential.

You will need to be highly organised, with the ability to multi task and maintain strong attention to detail. You will have strong communication skills with the ability to demonstrate a sensitive approach to confidential matters. You must have excellent IT skills, especially word and excel spreadsheets. Whilst being a Catholic is not a requirement, you must be willing to support the Catholic life and ethos in our academies.

In return, we offer membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, generous holiday and a real commitment to professional development and the role will allow the person appointed to gain experience in a wide range of HR duties.

Please note that the closing date may be brought forward depending upon interest.

**Closing date**: Thursday 7th September at Midnight

**Being part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust**

On 1st September 2018, the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, part of the Diocese of Nottingham, brought together 25 Catholic schools located in Derby City, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Stockport together in partnership, to ensure the very best spiritual, social and academic experiences and outcomes for the young people in our schools.

Everything we do is to better the lives and futures of our children, providing access to first-class teaching, both academically and spiritually and we are united by our collective vision to excel.

**Why work for the St Ralph Sherwin Multi Academy Trust?**

To find out why you should come and join our team, click on the link to our ‘Why work with us?’ brochure.

A summary of our fantastic benefits are as follows:

- ** Access to first class CPD opportunities.** We also work in partnership with Nottingham Teaching School Alliance to deliver meaningful and relevant CPD. Our Leadership Academy identifies and develops future leaders.
- Genuine opportunities for **career progression** - with 25 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
- ** Professional assistance** - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.
- ** Pension** - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 23.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- ** Terms and Conditions** - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.

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