HR & Compliance Officer - Stourfield Infant School and Stourfield Junior School

About the Post

We are looking to appoint an HR and Compliance Officer to join the operations team for our two schools, who will relish the opportunity to:

• Work alongside the Finance & Estates Officer in overseeing all areas of non-academic functions of our schools. The two posts cover the entirety of our operations/school business functions and it is intended that this post will focus, in particular, on HR, risk, audit and compliance.
• Manage recruitment, Single Central Records and all day-to-day transactional HR processes for our staff. This will include absence recording and monitoring, contract changes, leavers and answering queries related to HR/staffing.
• Take the lead on compliance activity for the schools, including risk registers, business continuity plans, data protection, health and safety administration and preparing for audits.
• Support the schools in making a significant positive difference to the lives of our pupils
• Promote and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.

You are likely to be someone who:

• Has a successful track record of working in HR or recruitment in an administrative capacity.
• Has GCSEs in Maths and English, grade 4/grade C and above or equivalent qualifications/grades.
• Has excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Is a self-starter with ability to prioritise own workload, meet deadlines and work at pace in a busy team environment.
• Has strong organisational and administrative skills with high levels of competence in using general IT platforms and management information systems.
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and gravitas to interact with colleagues across the Trust, and the wider community.
• Is safer recruitment certified (or has the ability to achieve this upon appointment).
• Is enthusiastic, efficient, flexible, reliable and shows attention to detail and is able to work using own initiative and also as part of a team.  
• Will embrace our highly supportive and professional culture.

You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:

• Aim high
• Keep improving
• Don’t leave anyone behind
• See the bigger picture

Stourfield Infant and Junior Schools can offer you

• The opportunity to work alongside wonderful young people and exceptional colleagues throughout our schools and trust.
• High quality continued professional development and opportunities to progress.
• The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a forward-thinking multi-academy trust.

• Automatic membership of the Dorset Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Free, confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a range of counselling services plus financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues and access to online health and wellbeing resources.
• A trust-wide intranet, where we share our news, information and resources.
• Local discounts negotiated on behalf of our staff e.g. gym memberships, hair and beauty. salons, chiropractic care, cycle shops, restaurants, motoring services, and retail/DIY stores.
• Access to national discounts on a wide variety of huge brands.
• Free on-site parking.

Any questions?

To discuss the post or your application, please contact the school offices on [email protected] or 01202 424554.

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: [email protected]   

Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted. You can download the form and questionnaire here:  www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies 

The closing date is Monday 22 September 2025 at 9am; interviews will be held on Thursday 25 September 2025.

Only people who can evidence their right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy.

We are committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes as part of our strong commitment to safeguard children and young people. An enhanced criminal records check will be undertaken on the successful candidate. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.