An exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive central Trust team

New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT) is looking for a dedicated Recruitment and HR Assistant to join our dynamic HR Team. In this role, you will play a key part in leading recruitment activities across the Trust, ensuring we attract and recruit high-quality candidates. Your responsibilities will include creating job adverts, job descriptions, and person specifications, as well as collaborating with our advertising partner, HR Representatives and leaders in our schools and colleges. You will also provide essential administrative support across various HR processes, such as onboarding new starters, maintaining staff records using HR software, maintaining the Single Central Record and being the first point of contact for staff at New College Bradford. This role is ideal for someone with strong administrative skills, a keen interest in recruitment and HR, and a willingness to learn and grow within the field. As this post is to work as part of a central team based at Normanton, whilst being the point of contact for New College Bradford, we would be open to applications from candidates interested in working at either site (we would ideally like one day a week to be based at the alternative site, for which your travel costs would be reimbursed). Specific working patterns can be discussed further at interview or please feel free to contact us if you have any questions at recruitment@nclt.ac.uk. You will be joining a dynamic, core team that supports the operations of all of the schools and colleges within our Trust. Our shared services are here to support all of our schools and colleges across several areas including Health and Safety, Finance, Estates, HR and MIS. With a real team ethos, the different departments work together to provide ongoing support for the growth and development of the Trust. NCLT is a Multi Academy Trust which has grown significantly over the last four years and currently comprises of three 16-19 Colleges, three secondary schools and three primary schools. NCLT has a dynamic, positive and supportive culture for staff and students, with an enviable reputation for staff career progression and development. We have a strong track record of improving the quality of education, raising aspirations and helping young people progress to higher education, apprenticeships and careers. You will join a focused and driven team, committed to providing the highest standards of education. Why Work for Us?
• NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards - these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country.
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our Staff Wellbeing Charter.
• Access to high quality professional training, both in-house and externally, to support your professional development.
• Attractive pension scheme.
• Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme.
• A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff. If you believe that you have the skills and abilities to take on this role, we’d love to hear from you. To see the full job description, person specification and to apply please visit
Applications should be submitted to recruitment@nclt.ac.uk

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