School HR Assistant

School HR Administrator – Walsall – £15‑£16ph (maternity cover). This interim HR Assistant role supports a busy HR team on a long‑term maternity contract, Monday to Friday during term time (8:00‑16:00).

Start date:

as soon as possible.

• Coordinate and administer the staff recruitment process.
• Coordinate and administer DBS checks for all staff and volunteers in line with the school’s safeguarding policy.
• Administer and maintain the Single Central Record.
• Maintain and update accurate personnel records for staff.
• Coordinate and administer absence management, recording and coding absence, identifying triggers, organising occupational health referrals and providing reports for line managers/leadership team.
• Coordinate sickness‑absence review meetings, absence improvement plans and draft and provide review‑meeting outcome letters to staff.
• Maintain payroll information in the online portal and create, input and check monthly payroll transactions in accordance with the agreed timetable.
• Coordinate and administer staff pay increments annually.
• Complete the school workforce census.

• HR experience in a school setting, working quickly and independently.

• Recent satisfactory references for a similar placement carried out within the last two years.

• A clear DBS check.

• Free Child Protection and Safeguarding training as part of CPD for registered staff.

• Support from Hays Education’s established service desk for staff provision.

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