Administrator (People)
Severndale Specialist Academy, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks of the year (Term Time plus 2 weeks). Monday to Thursday 7:30am - 3:30pm, Friday until 3pm.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months with the potential to go permanent
Pay scale
- Salary range Grade 6: From £16.35 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Academy is seeking an Administrator to effectively provide people administration including recruitment processes, payroll processes, arranging CPD and co-ordination of the absence management processes.
The role involves liaising professionally, courteously, and politely with all stakeholders, trustees, members of staff, students, and parents.
Role requirements:
- 5 GCSE’s grades 9-4 (A* - C) including Maths and English
- Experience of working in an administrative setting
- Undertaking people administration including recruitment processes, payroll processes, arranging CPD and co-ordination of the absence management processes.
- Supply accurate information for internal and external audiences
- Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team
- Willingness to undertake appropriate CPD
Skills required:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent IT skills, particularly excel
- Excellent organisational skills
- Remain positive when under pressure
- Ability to deal in a professional manner with all internal and external contacts
What the school offers its staff
- Salary range Grade 6: From £16.35 per hour.
- 37 hours per week for 40 weeks of the year (Term Time plus 2 weeks).
- Monday – Thursday Start: 7.30am/Finish: 3.30pm, Friday – start: 7.30am/Finish:3.00pm
- Access to the School Advisory Service & Bike to work scheme
- Continuing Professional Development & Local Authority Pension Scheme
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Severndale Specialist Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Severndale Specialist Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk
Severndale Specialist Academy:
Severndale Specialist Academy is a multi-site special school incorporating our Monkmoor campus, provision within a local mainstream secondary school and a purpose built 16-25 year old provision at our local college. We work with young people with special educational needs from within Shropshire and beyond. Our children and young people can access Severndale Specialist Academy from nursery age through to 25 and have a range of learning, physical and mobility difficulties and some students require personal care. Supporting communication and enabling independence is a key focus of our work .
Severndale is a truly unique special school and is one of the largest special schools in the country. We are proud to be able to meet the needs of over 430 young people across all abilities of the SEND spectrum and across three different sites. Severndale is also proud to be part of The Learning Community Trust, a truly inclusive multi academy trust based in Telford.
Arranging a visit to Severndale Specialist Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk.
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