People Officer (Maternity Cover)

People Officer

• Employer: Nottingham Diocesan Catholic Multi Academy
• Location: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust (some travel may be required to our other Trusts)
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Position: Full time/fixed term to cover maternity leave for up to one year or until the postholder's return
• Salary: £25,989-£27,254
• Grade: Band 3 (Points 6-9)
• Start Date: To be Confirmed
• Closing date: 0900 am 5 June 2026
• Interview Date: To Be confirmed

We are looking for a curious, organised and process minded People Officer to join our growing People Operations team. If you are an experienced school or education administrator who enjoys understanding how things work, improving processes and making a positive difference for colleagues, this role offers an opportunity to broaden your experience, ask questions and build a career in HR within a supportive multi academy trust environment.

About the role

As People Officer, you will deliver high quality, consistent and well structured operational HR and recruitment support across our three Trusts. Working closely with schools, senior leaders and the central People team, you will play a key role in ensuring people processes run smoothly, compliantly and with care.

You will be encouraged to take a curious and improvement focused approach, helping to refine processes, identify efficiencies and support positive outcomes for staff and schools. The role offers exposure to a broad range of people focused activities and clear opportunities to develop confidence and competence within a professional HR setting.

Key responsibilities Recruitment & Onboarding

• Supporting end to end recruitment campaigns with a strong focus on process and candidate experience
• Managing adverts, pre employment checks, contracts and offer letters
• Maintaining the Single Central Record and managing exit questionnaires accurately and efficiently

Employee Relations & People Support

• Acting as a first point of contact for operational HR queries from schools
• Supporting absence-management and return to work processes
• Coordinating occupational health referrals with professionalism and sensitivity

Training, Policies & Process Improvement

• Supporting the delivery of HR training for staff and governors
• Maintaining up to date HR policies, procedures and management toolkits
• Assisting with Trust pay, reward and workforce initiatives, with attention to detail and accuracy

Induction, Wellbeing & Compliance

• Supporting induction programmes, performance monitoring and wellbeing initiatives
• Producing workforce reports and statutory returns
• Maintaining accurate, GDPR compliant employee records and safeguarding documentation

You will also attend meetings, support senior colleagues and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of Trust wide HR processes.

Who we are looking for

This role would suit someone who:

• Is a highly organised, detail driven administrator who values clear, well run processes
• Brings experience of recruitment and/or HR administration, ideally within an education setting
• Is naturally curious and questioning, with a desire to understand and improve how things are done
• Can manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards and meeting deadlines
• Communicates clearly, professionally and sensitively, especially when handling confidential matters
• Has strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Is motivated to learn, develop and progress along a People or HR career pathway

The Trust and all our schools within our Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check, online check and other pre employment checks are required for successful applicants. The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

We are a Disability Confident and Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long term health condition.