HR & Payroll Officer

About the role

GENERATIONS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

HR & Payroll Officer

Required for January 2025

Salary: H6-H7 (Full-Time Equivalent: £28,322 - £33,064pa, Actual Salary: £22,581 – 26,361pa) depending on skills and experience

29.5 hours per week, all-year

The exact working pattern is to be agreed with the successful candidate but will need to include working on a Friday

In this HR generalist role you will apply your professional expertise on a range of employee case work in an organisation where people are at the heart of our values, processes and ambitions.

Reporting to the HR Manager, you will have the opportunity to apply and develop your skills across the spectrum of HR practice, from absence management to disciplinary investigations, family leave and performance management. In addition, you will be responsible for an effective payroll administration service therefore experience in this area would be helpful.

The successful candidate will have experience balancing an HR advisory role alongside payroll admin. You will be comfortable applying your own initiative to work in a proactive, accurate and empathetic way. The ideal candidate will either already have a CIPD qualification or will be working towards a Level 5 in HR Management.  

In return, we can offer you:

• expert mentoring from within the HR team
• the opportunity to work with professional, committed and ambitious colleagues in a genuinely collaborative working environment
• highly aspirant schools, with engaged students
• a comprehensive staff benefits package

If you are interested in this exciting role, please contact the HR Team at hr@generationsmat.herts.sch.uk for the full recruitment pack and application form

Closing date for applications: 1st December 2024

Interviews will be held: w/c 9th December 2024

The Trust reserves the right to process applications as they are received and early applications are encouraged.

Generations Multi Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that this role ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Further information is available on the school’s website.