Mayfield School is looking for an experienced HR Manager to join our team. Our school is a special school for 310 pupils aged between 2 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including autism. Mayfield is a Unicef Rights Respecting School on a journey to achieve gold status.
The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. Successful applicants can be asked to work at either site depending on the needs of the school.
The ideal candidate will have experience of:
providing an efficient and professional HR Support Service in a school or similar environment
administering the recruitment process
monitoring and updating the single central record to ensure safeguarding compliance
monitoring staff absence
assisting with disciplinary and grievance procedures
A recent welbee staff survey showed Mayfield as being in the top 20% of schools showing that risks of work-related stress and staff wellbeing are effectively managed and controlled. Our teaching assistants tell us that they value the in-house training offered by the school and welcome the professional development opportunities available to them.
We are proud to be part of Education Impact Academy Trust where "better never ends".
Employee Benefits:-
All support staff are enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (West Midlands Pension Fund) which provides a secure pension and immediate life cover. We offer an Employee Assistance Programme called BHSF which provides 24/7 access to a GP from anywhere in the world; a telephone helpline, face to face econsultation service, private prescription service; Expert and practical legal advice; 24/7; Confidential helpline for support with emotional matters; Money management support.
To read a copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
To read our policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
How to apply:
Please apply online
Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted. We will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) or accept them instead of an application form.
If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Human Resources and General Business
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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