About Us
Palatine Primary school are looking for a Human Resources professional to manage the day-to-day HR of a busy and vibrant Special Primary School. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone with HR experience within a school environment to develop further or for a qualified HR professional to make their mark.
Job Details
Salary: NJC Grade -8 (actual pay - £ Pay review pending
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: 37 hrs a week, Term Time plus Inset and 2 weeks holiday working.
Location: Worthing
Closing date: 9am 22nd September 2025
Interviews: 1st October 2025
What You Need to Succeed
You will oversee the daily cover in response to daily staff absence and manage the staff absence procedure, ensuring all absence is recorded, monitored, and reported. Following up absence calls daily and undertaking informal absence meetings and return to work interviews.
Your effective communication and interpersonal skills are required to build effective working relationships with supply agencies, senior stakeholders and school staff alike.
Managing the recruitment process you will have an eye for detail ensuring all aspects of safer recruitment are followed. Ensuring all staff undertake and complete their induction training and that the probations period is monitored effectively.
You will have excellent IT skills with experience of working on Management information systems and databases such as Bromcom.
Excellent literacy skills are essential. You will have the ability to work on your own initiative, be extremely well organised and must be able to maintain accurate records both electronically and in paper format.
You will work term time plus inset days and 2 weeks during the summer holiday period.
Working knowledge and understanding of employment law would be of benefit in this role.
Further Information
Palatine School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
How to Apply
To apply for this role please download the job description and application form below.
Please complete the application form and ensure that you outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the job description).
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The reference number for this role is SCHO00850.
Job Reference: SCHO00850