Manor Primary School
Oxfordshire
£24,474 - £25,342 per year
Salary:
GLF Specialist £27,061 - £28,021 FTE (Pro Rata: £24,474 - £25,342)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
9 October 2025
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced People Administrator, who has a keen interest in people and recruitment, to join our school based regional People team.
Your opportunity
We are looking to appoint a highly skilled and adaptable People Administrator to join our Didcot based schools; Aureus Secondary School, Aureus Primary School and Manor Primary School. While your day to day work will be rooted in the school environment, supporting staff and handling key people administrative tasks, you will also be a valued member of our regional People team. This unique role blends hands on support within the school community with collaboration across the wider network, ensuring consistency in processes while embracing the distinct culture and ways of working at each school. Led by the Head of People Operations, the People Administrator will work in collaboration with the school based team and as part of the regional team to deliver an expert service to the school.
The responsibilities include:
* Deliver high-quality HR administration across the whole of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contractual changes, absence management, and offboarding, with a focus on accuracy and efficiency.
* Prioritise, action, and escalate work tasks and queries to the appropriate teams, such as Heads, Employee Relations, Payroll, and HR Senior Leadership, ensuring timely resolution with follow-ups as needed.
* Ensure the recruitment and selection process strictly adheres to safer recruitment guidelines and GLF recruitment policy. Coordinate with Recruitment Partners and school leadership teams to manage shortlisting, schedule interviews, secure references, and ensure all required documentation is accurately uploaded to the recruitment system for full compliance.
* Oversee and manage the compliance process for all new starters, ensuring timely and thorough completion of pre-employment checks.
* Maintain the Single Central Record, personnel files, and training records for your assigned schools
* Acting as a first point of contact for people related queries, ensuring high levels of confidentiality.
* Being part of the admin team for the school
What we are looking for
Our ideal applicant will have
* A good awareness and understanding of people administration, to ensure compliance with regulation and procedures
* Excellent written and communication skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to form rapport and build good working relationships with others
* A flexible and pro active approach with the ability to work on their own initiative
* Good time management skills and be highly organised and efficient
* A relevant HR qualification equivalent to Level 3 (Foundation Certificate in People Practice) would be advantageous, as would experience of working within a school environment, but neither are essential.
About Aureus School and the Didcot Primary cluster
Aureus School is an 11-16 co-educational comprehensive school. In its most recent Ofsted inspection (October 2024), Aureus School was graded good in all areas.
We firmly believe that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed and our approach is driven by a belief in a comprehensive education and centred around high expectations for all. As a community, we believe in creating a learning environment that is both engaging and exciting, with an education that challenges our students to think critically and push boundaries. There is no limit to what our students can achieve and we provide the necessary support and resources so that everyone can succeed. As a purpose built school, opened in 2017, Aureus has brand new technology using the latest equipment to enhance the students' learning experience.
Our mission is simple: Cultivating ambition; high standards for all. We are committed to providing an exceptional learning environment that empowers all of our students to succeed. Our vision and core values of Ambition, Resilience and Respect guide every aspect of our educational journey, ensuring that each student's experience is marked by excellence, ambition and unwavering high standards.
Aureus Primary School and Manor Primary School sit within a newly established cluster of Primary schools, overseen by a Regional Director. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across this cluster, to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an excellent education and reach their potential. It also provides opportunities for career progression across the cluster and gives you the chance to further your professional development.
Join the GLF Schools Community
As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.
* Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
* Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
* 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
* We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
* Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education
GLF Schools Employment Offer
GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish
* Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension
* Flexible working options
* Generous holiday allowance
* Work life and family friendly policies
* Employee wellbeing initiatives
* Career pathways and talent management
* Access to a staff benefits portal
* Community and collaboration working model
Please read the attached Join Our Community candidate pack for further information.
The Details
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: GLF Specialist £27,061 - £28,021 FTE (Pro Rata: £24,474 - £25,342)
Hours: 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday (41 weeks a year - Term time plus 2 weeks)
Closing Date: 9th October 2025
Interview Date: TBC
Recruiter contact:
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About Manor Primary School
Manor Primary School
Lydalls Close, Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 7LB
United Kingdom
Founded in 1896, we are one of the oldest primary schools in Didcot. We are a two form entry primary with over 350 pupils. Our infant site is still located in the original Victorian school building.
At Manor Primary School, we believe that every child should have the best possible start to their education and should be given a wide range of opportunities, knowledge and skills to fulfil their potential. Our school is committed to providing a challenging and stimulating environment where the success of all is important.
Our core values are ambition, respect, courage, tenacity, independence and community. We believe that these six core values, which are at the heart of our school, provide pupils with the guidance necessary to be active citizens who are able to contribute to their local and wider communities. By providing high quality teaching and developing a love of learning we aim to enable all pupils to aspire to excellence.
On 1st May 2019 we were very proud to have joined GLF Schools.
To be an academy within GLF Schools, will see us benefit from sharing outstanding resources, facilities and support from local primary and secondary schools. We want to unlock the potential of every child to help them to achieve both in their learning and as they grow into young people, so lessons are planned to be interactive and engaging to promote children's independent learning skills as well as working cohesively and collaboratively.
Join the GLF Schools Community
As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 42 academies or in our central team.
* Celebrating 10 years as a growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 17,000 pupils
* Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
* 42 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
* We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
* Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education
Our Employment Offer
GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish
* Access to our highly competitive pension scheme
* Flexible working options
* Generous holiday allowance
* Work life and family friendly policies
* Employee wellbeing initiatives
* Career pathways and talent management
* Access to a staff benefits portal
* Community and collaboration working model
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