HR Administrator
Job Reference: schooltalent/TP/17689/1715
Number Of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Full Time Permanent
Salary: £24,232 per annum
Working Hours: 36.25
Location: Edinburgh
Closing Date: 31/03/2025
Department: Human Resources
Region / Division: ESMS
Job Role: Operational/Professional Services
The Role:
Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a HR Administrator to join the HR team on a permanent basis (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is available immediately, full time, working 36.25 hours per week with a salary of £24,232 which is scalepoint E15 on the ESMS Support Staff Salary Scales. The role is based at the Queensferry Road site.
The purpose of the role is to manage the full recruitment lifecycle while ensuring a positive candidate experience. It involves handling pre-employment checks, maintaining compliance with employment laws, and managing the shared mailboxes and HR records. Additionally, the role supports probation reviews and absence management notifications to support a smooth employee journey.
The successful candidate must have experience in an HR or administrative role, with knowledge of employment legislation being desirable. Strong communication, organisational, and IT skills are essential, along with the ability to multitask and work both independently and as part of a team. A commitment to high professional standards and continuous professional development is key.
Eligibility: ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.
Benefits: Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.
Values: We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.
ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.
All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: In order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.
Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at recruitment@esms.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday, 31 March 2025.
Interviews are likely to commence on week beginning 7 April 2025.
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