Agency Notice
This message applies to all recruitment consultancies, temporary agencies or search and selection firms looking to represent candidates.
The vacancies advertised on this website are for the sole purpose of direct applicants submitting an application.
In line with our commitments to safeguarding and to comply with the Procurement Act 2023, Harris Federation operates a recruitment framework to secure the services of preferred suppliers for all staffing requirements. The Federation will not enter into any commercial undertaking with any recruitment businesses who is not approved to engage with our academies via our framework agreement.
Any recruitment business, where no framework agreement is agreed prior to an engagement, who may send unsolicited, anonymous or speculative introduction, either through this website, or sent to careers@harrisfederation.org.uk, or the generic e-mail contact of any Harris Academy, or personal e-mail accounts of Harris Federation employees, will not be recognised as an Introduction. Referral fees are only payable where an Academy has instructed a Preferred Supplier for a specific appointment. Harris Federation hereby indemnifies itself against any costs, charges, recruitment fees or other liabilities relating to any recruitment business.
This notice shall prevail over any other terms of business or conditions (or similar) put forward by an Agency for the supply of permanent or temporary staff.
For agencies interested to work with the Federation as a preferred supplier, registrations of interest is now closed.
We have now published a tender notice. Any agency wishing to supply recruitment services to Harris Federation and its academies can review the notice and submit a bid via the following website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/placegroup/aspx/Tenders/Current
NOTE: we will not respond to any queries regarding this tender and only agencies that submit a valid bid ahead of the deadline will be considered as a preferred supplier.