HR GraduateEDV/2026/NHS/94060 in Boreham

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Human Resources (HR) Graduate to support the strategic and operational HR function of our School. This role offers the opportunity to gain comprehensive, hands-on experience across payroll, HR administration, recruitment, and employee engagement. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate to develop professional HR expertise within an independent school setting, contributing to a vibrant and supportive School community. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring smooth HR operations while living and promoting the School’s values.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate HR processes across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contract changes, absences, offboarding, and performance management.
• Maintain accurate HR records, including data held on the School’s Single Central Register and HRIS system.
• Provide first-line HR guidance, responding to staff queries, and acting as a trusted first point of contact while maintaining confidentiality.
• Support the full recruitment cycle, including creating job packs, arranging interviews, collating feedback, and administering candidate assessments.
• Collaborate effectively within the HR team, fostering positive relationships and supporting broader operational priorities and ad hoc projects.
• Assist with the administration of monthly payroll processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Ensure recruitment processes comply with legal requirements and reflect the School’s values and safeguarding priorities.

The Successful Candidate Will Be Expected

• Have a clear understanding of, and a commitment to, the aims of a Catholic independent boarding & day school and be committed to the values expressed in the Mission & Ethos Statement.
• Be educated to degree level with a minimum of a 2:1 (or above) in HR, Business, Psychology, or related discipline.
• Have a basic understanding or interest in HR principles, employment law, and HR practices.
• Have excellent spoken and written English with strong IT proficiency.
• Demonstrate high standards of personal and professional integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Understand the importance of promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children.
• Use initiative to identify issues and suggest practical improvements.
• Work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, and actively participate in the School’s educational and boarding life.

What New Hall Offers

• 35 days’ holiday (including bank holidays).
• Excellent benefits & CPD.
• Lunch without charge in term time.
• Discounted annual membership for New Hall Sport Club.

New Hall School offers an exceptional working environment. The main campus occupies the Grade I listed former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School’s conference and events venue is at Boreham House, one mile away. New Hall is a warm, welcoming, and supportive community, with a staff of around 300. Beaulieu Park railway station is at the entrance to New Hall’s Avenue, with rail links to Stratford and London Liverpool Street. The Elizabeth Line at Shenfield terminates at Heathrow airport. Nearby airports include London Stansted, London Southend, and London City.

Safeguarding and Further Information

Application closing date: midday, Friday 20 February 2026. Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement. All adults employed by the New Hall School have a responsibility for data protection and must observe the principles of the GDPR Regulations. All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. You will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview. As part of our safeguarding obligations, successful candidates may undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. We may also conduct an online search as part of due diligence in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). New Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Due to the nature of this role, an appropriate level of criminal record disclosure will be undertaken. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must disclose any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions. A pending record will not necessarily debar a candidate from consideration.