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HR Officer
Required as soon as possible

Full-time, 37 hours per week, 52.14 weeks per year

Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 4.00pm, Friday 8.00am to 3.30pm

LGS 8, within the range 25-28

Actual salary £30,203 to £32,860 pa subject to experience

(Includes outer fringe allowance)

We are looking to appoint an experienced HR Officer to provide an efficient, effective and comprehensive HR service to the school. Ideally you will have experience of working within a school environment but applicants with extensive HR experience outside of education will be considered.

It is our policy to only recruit staff to permanent positions via a direct application, not through an agency placement.

Application pack available via the website or from Mrs L Knight, HR Officer

01277 238348 or e-mail hr@st-martins.essex.sch.uk.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant.

Your normal place of work is at St Martin's School, however, the Discovery Educational Trust reserves the right to require you to work at any other of its establishments, whether current or future. This may be for a temporary period or on a permanent basis, according to the needs of the employer.

The Local Schools Committee will ensure that all staff, job applicants, and students seeking admission to the school do not suffer direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or belief, and are not disadvantaged by any other condition or requirement which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Closing date: Monday 20 September 2021 at 9.00am

Information about the School

St Martin's is a large co-educational comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school benefits from a pleasant semi-rural environment with agricultural land to the rear. The school, which also includes a large sixth form block, is situated on an open, attractive 30 acre site. Parking is available on-site and there are good transport links by both rail and bus. Hutton is five miles from the M25 and 19 miles from London, which is easily reached by road or train (25 minutes to Liverpool Street Station).

This is a large, but friendly school in which all staff are helped to develop their talents. This is supported by an extensive and wide ranging in-house continual professional development programme (CPD). We have high quality mentoring and induction programmes for staff with excellent opportunities for training and professional development.

2022 - 79% of students achieved grades 9-4 in both GCSE English and Maths and ALPS 3 progress in the sixth form 2023 - 84% of students achieved 9 - 4 in English and 80% achieved 9 – 4 in Maths Over Subscribed - 1184 applications for 292 year 7 places in 2023 Ofsted 2024 - Good with outstanding leadership