Business Support Administrator - HR

Dixons Academies Trust, Bradford, BD5 7RR

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 27.5 hours a week, term time only plus two weeks
• Contract type: Fixed term - 6 months in the first instance
• Pay scale: DAT Level 3 SCP 18-25 (actual £17,901 - £23,032)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint Business Support Administrators for HR to join our multi-academy trust (MAT) to be part of our Business Services Delivery team and support the next phase of our growth in Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool.

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience of providing an efficient administrative service, completing tasks in a timely and accurate manner
• Have knowledge and experience of supporting managers with payroll and other queries
• Have the confidence and knowledge to ensure that pre-employment checks are carried out successfully on new starters
• Have a strong moral purpose and drive for improvement.
• Have excellent communication skills.

What the school offers its staff

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

• We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
• We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
• We are alwaysin the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
• Hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking
• Local government benefits package including 31 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and defined benefit pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Car leasing, lifestyle benefits and discounts)

We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.

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Learn more

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Interviews will be held on 24 July 2025

Please visit www.dixonsat.com or call us on 01274 085526 and speak to Angela Skinner, Business Support Administrator, HR, in order to discuss the role further.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Dixons Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: askinner@dixonsat.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dixons-academies-trust

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