The Two Counties Trust
Nottinghamshire
Salary: 26,403 - 28,142 per year (FTE per annum)
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Apply by: 20 October 2025
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recruitment and Contracts Coordinator to join the Human Resources Team at The Two Counties Trust. You will join a team of dedicated, likeminded HR professionals who pride themselves on delivering an excellent service to the schools within our Trust.
This role involves coordinating engaging and effective end to end recruitment campaigns, working closely with Leaders in our schools, onboarding new starters, ensuring that candidates undergo all statutory checks to deliver a seamless transition into our Trust.
In addition to recruitment and onboarding, you will also be responsible for processing letters, documents and contracts associated with any employment or contractual changes throughout the employee lifecycle. This area of your role will require a keen eye for detail to guarantee accurate information is being provided to our employees and building strong relationships with our schools.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, show initiative and can demonstrate experience of managing a busy workload and processing high volumes of transactional tasks. Although not essential, experience of working within education and knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education would be advantageous.
Grade and salary
Grade 3: 26,403 - 28,142 FTE per annum
Working pattern
37 hours a week, all year round
Contract term
Permanent
Why join us?
There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career. We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees.
* We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.
* We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes within schools and across the Trust, with extensive professional learning opportunities.
We offer extensive wellbeing and development opportunities and recognise the value of a supportive working environment.
We offer
* Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
* Employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and high street discounts.
* Entry to a career average pension scheme.
* Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
* A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of professionals.
* Excellent opportunities to develop skills and progress your career.
* Wellbeing support; the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
Application timeline
The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 20 October 2025. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 27 October 2025.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures. In accordance with KCSIE, an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates as part of due diligence, and a social media check may be required as a condition of employment. We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
Attachments
* Central Candidate Pack Sept 2025.pdf
* Employee Benefits Guide
Recruiter contact
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About
The Two Counties Trust
Ashfield School, Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8HP, United Kingdom
+44 1623 259 600
Welcome to The Two Counties Trust
There are many reasons to choose our Trust as a great place to start or develop your career. We recognise the importance of happy, rewarded, and motivated employees and as such we have developed our HR and Professional Learning strategies to invest in people.
We are committed to your welfare and offer wellbeing and workload management arrangements, including an Employee Assistance Programme from day one. We offer competitive pay and a range of employee benefits, including discounts and gym membership. We encourage professional growth and provide opportunities to develop skills across the Trust.
With secondary schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, the Trust provides opportunities to learn and contribute to the wider educational community. Our values are: Ambition, Teamwork, and Honesty.
For more information about us and our strategic plan, please visit www.ttct.co.uk.
Important information: It is an offence to apply if barred from Regulated Activity relevant to children. See our safeguarding policies at www.ttct.co.uk/our-trust/policies. We are a Disability Confident Employer. This advertisement follows Tes’ Fair Recruitment Policy.
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