HR Administration Assistant - Part-time

We are seeking a motivated and conscientious administration assistant to join our busy HR Team. The successful candidate will have good organisational and administrative skills and will be able to prioritise workload, use their initiative and work to deadlines. Working in the HR Team will require discretion and an awareness of confidentiality. Duties will include providing administrative support in relation to staff recruitment, absence management, and maintenance of staff records. You will receive and respond to communication,and support the HR Team with issuing letters, documents, minutes and agendas. You will be able to work within a team and be adaptable to changing tasks and priorities. The working hours are expected to be 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, during school term-time (39 weeks per year). We are happy to consider flexibility of these working hours. We encourage all of our employees to further their career development and we respect initiative and ambition. We are committed to performance management, staff training, coaching, mentoring and peer support. From all staff we expect commitment to the school and a desire to improve and excel. Further information about the responsibilities of the role, and the criteria we will use to select candidates, can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

Meadowfield School is an outstanding special school located in Sittingbourne. We encourage you to visit our school website to learn about us including information about our policies, values, curriculum and more. We serve just under 400 pupils with profound, severe and complex needs, including autism. The school is comprised of:

• Honey Bees, our Observation and Assessment Nursery Early Years Engage Department, for pupils with complex physical, medical and sensory needs Explore Department, for pupils who benefit from a more individual-led curriculum Enquire Department, for pupils who benefit from a more academic curriculum Sixth Form Satellite provision at Sunny Bank Primary School
The Meadowfield Inclusion Development and Support (MIDAS) Centre is home to our highly regarded Specialist Teaching and Learning Service (STLS) who successfully support 58 schools and 73 early years settings across Swale, increasing capacity to meet the needs of pupils with additional needs. In addition, STLS offer a rich programme of training to mainstream colleagues and to parents. We are a founding member of the Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT), a collaborative group of special schools in Kent who work together to promote best SEND practice throughout the county. We have approximately 270 members of staff including Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Office and Admin Staff, Site Staff, ICT Department, Wellbeing Team, Finance and Business Services as well as our Leadership and Management Team.