HR Assistant Apprentice

  • Company: PARADIGM TRUST
  • Location: Suffolk, IP3 0EW
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £22,878.00 per year
  • Sector: Business and administration
  • Ref: NAS-2000030015
  • Application Deadline Date: 01/06/2026
  • Start Date: 01/09/2026
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: 37 hours per week/52 weeks per year with annual leave allowance. Working days are Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm (can be flexible). Time for study included in working hours.

Brief Description

This is an opportunity to take your first steps to a career in HR, working in education. This is a rewarding role that will enable you to develop your skills within the Trust’s HR team. You will be an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining efficient HR service at the Trust.

Training to be Provided


  • HR Support Standard

  • English and Maths (if required) Level 2

Future Prospects

This role has the potential to become permanent on successful completion of the apprenticeship. 

Vacancy Detail

To coordinate and support the director of HR, payroll and risk and HR Manager in the management of the recruitment and selection process, including but not limited to:



  • Organising and leading, with support from the HR Team Manager(s)/HR Officer,recruitment meetings

  • To undertake the administration of the recruitment and selection process, acting as the key HR contact/liaison for specific recruitment drives

  • To prepare adverts, liaising with the relevant principal/service head to ensure a successful recruitment drive

  • To ensure that applicants are contacted throughout the recruitment and selection process, ensuring all administrative arrangements for the selection process are made

  • To maintain an up to date record of all job descriptions and person specifications

  • To adhere to the Trust’s safer recruitment practices in the administration of recruitment and selection, and ensure new recruits have undergone and completed the necessary
    pre-employment checks, that these are recorded in a timely and accurate fashion on the single central record, and to draw any concerns or anomalies to the attention of the director of HR, payroll and risk/HR manager and principal/service Head. Following up on outstanding vetting checks as necessary

  • To advise on the administration of staff recruitment, selection and appointments, escalating more complex queries to the director of HR, payroll and risk/HR manager

  • To manage the starter and leaver administration process, including drafting and sending out offer letters and contracts; liaising with payroll; adding/removing details to/from the
    internal management and other systems (SCR, iTrent); ensuring the accurate entry on all e-files

  • Under the direction of the director of HR, payroll and risk/HR manager, maintain an up to date suite of template letters and forms, enabling the effective production of offer letters
    and contracts of employment

Other Information

All applicants must have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and this will be assessed as part of the recruitment and selection process.  If you are successful you will be required to comply with the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures. 


An Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.

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