HR Manager
- The King's School Canterbury
- The King's School Canterbury, The Precincts, Canterbury, UK
- 15/07/2026
Job Description
£50,000 PER ANNUM, 37.5 HOURS PER WEEK, ALL YEAR ROUND
The King's School, Canterbury is seeking an experienced and proactive HR Manager to lead our HR Operations team and play a key role in delivering an outstanding HR service to more than 1,000 employees across the School.
Reporting to the Director of HR, you will lead a team of HR professionals while acting as a trusted HR business partner to senior leaders across the School. This is a varied and hands-on role with responsibility for operational HR delivery, complex employee relations, policy development, organisational change and continuous service improvement.
The successful candidate will be an experienced HR professional with a strong generalist background, extensive employee relations expertise, proven leadership experience and a sound knowledge of UK employment law. A CIPD Level 7 qualification (or equivalent experience) is essential.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking HR team within one of the UK's leading independent schools, where you will have the opportunity to shape and continuously improve HR services while supporting the School's strategic objectives.
The King’s School offers an extensive rewards package, including:
- Gold membership at The King’s School Sports Centre
- Enhanced employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free meals during term time
- In house training and CPD opportunities
If you have questions about the post, or would like an informal discussion to learn more, please contact recruitment@kings-school.co.uk
For further information and to apply online, please visit: Current Job Vacancies • The King's School, Canterbury Closing date for receipt of applications: 27 July 2026.
Direct applications only. We are not accepting applications or CVs from recruitment agencies for this position.
The King’s School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with the statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.
All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
What you'll earn (you won't find "competitive salary” written instead of a figure on our watch!)
£50,000 per annum
What you'll receive in return (Benefits)
The King’s School offers an extensive rewards package, including:
- Gold membership at The King’s School Sports Centre
- Enhanced employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free meals during term time
- In house training and CPD opportunities
CIPD Requirement
Email Contact for candidates
Closing Date
About King’s
The King’s School Canterbury is a co-educational, full boarding and day school, educating pupils from aged 3 to 18 in different schools.
We have three schools based in Canterbury, as well as franchise schools overseas, two in Shenzhen (China) and one in Vattanacville (Cambodia.) All the Schools pride themselves on the dual pursuit of academic and co-curricular excellence, whilst offering high levels of pastoral care. With a strong international intake, King’s celebrates the fact that it is a traditional British school with a modern and global ethos. King’s is particularly well known for music, creativity and drama.
Our Schools
King’s educates children from 13-18, both boarding and day pupils. It is situated in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the heart of the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury in Kent. Steeped in history, the School occupies various sites around the city, with the centre being in the Cathedral Precincts. There are currently 910 pupils on the School roll, 670 of whom are boarders. The pupils occupy six boys’ boarding houses, seven girls’ boarding houses and four day houses. The School welcomes international pupils from multiple countries. Not surprisingly, we positively celebrate the diversity of our pupil body.
Junior King’s occupies 80 glorious acres on the banks of the River Stour, in Sturry, three miles from Canterbury. Originally founded in 1879, the Junior school started its life in the heart of Canterbury. However, in 1929 the School moved to Sturry and was opened by Rudyard Kipling. In its picturesque setting, the School boasts a sixteenth-century Manor House and Tithe Barn.
The International College was launched in 2018 and is effectively a foundation school for international pupils aged 13-17 who wish to enter the British education system. There are currently 73 pupils at The International College. The College is essentially a pathway to British excellence. It is located in a purpose-built, award-winning building on our Malthouse campus. It is ideal
for pupils who wish to improve their English language skills and be prepared for entry into a British school, (often King’s senior school). We offer a one-year fast-track GCSE programme and the results achieved are excellent. Adjacent to the International College is a modern sports centre, that is particularly popular for fencing.