Recruitment And Contracts Coordinator

Job description / Role

Job overview

Grade and salary: Grade 3 £15,277 - £16,283 (£26,403 – £28,142 FTE)

Working pattern: 25 hours a week, 39 weeks per year (term-time only plus INSET days)

Contract term: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recruitment and Contracts Coordinator to join the Human Resources Team at The Two Counties Trust. You will join a team of dedicated, like-minded HR professionals who pride themselves on delivering an excellent service to the schools within our Trust.

This role involves coordinating engaging and effective end-to-end recruitment campaigns, working closely with leaders in our schools, onboarding new starters, ensuring that candidates undergo all statutory checks to deliver a seamless transition into our Trust.

In addition to recruitment and onboarding, you will also be responsible for processing letters, documents and contracts associated with any employment or contractual changes throughout the employee lifecycle.

This area of your role will require a keen eye for detail to guarantee accurate information is being provided to our employees and building strong relationships with our schools.

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, show initiative and can demonstrate experience of managing a busy workload and processing high volumes of transactional tasks.

Although not essential, experience of working within education and knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education would be advantageous.

Why join us?

There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.

We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well-motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees.

We have removed appraisal and appraisal-related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.

We offer:

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
• An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
• Entry to a career average pension scheme.
• Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
• A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
• Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
• We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.

The closing date for applications is: Midday Monday 20 October 2025

Interviews will be held on: W/C 27 October 2025

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.

We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.