Grade 4 HR Manager
Mayfield School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 1HJ15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 4 SCP 23 – 31, £34,434 - £41,771
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Manager to join our growing team of professional and dedicated staff at Mayfield School. You will play a key role in providing a professional, efficient and proactive Human Resources service, partnering with school leaders and the central HR team, line managing the school HR Assistant, providing HR support and advice on a range of matters, ensuring high levels of accuracy and compliance whilst observing relevant employment legislation. This role will evolve over the next 12-24 months, with an initial focus on supporting the school to improve staff attendance. It will include playing a lead role in developing capacity through training line managers for the return-to-work process. This will involve close collaboration with the Mayfield leadership team and the central HR team, working towards strategic cultural change and more centralised ways of working.
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can communicate effectively at all levels. You will be comfortable working productively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks, and prioritising workload; providing support and guidance on a variety of employee relation matters including, absence management, recruitment, disciplinary, conduct and performance management in line with Trust policies and procedures.
The ideal candidate will hold a CIPD Level 5 qualification or be willing to train, alongside experience of working in a HR role in a supervisory or management capacity. Experience of working in an educational environment is desirable but not essential.
You will be supported in your role by the school leadership team, the central HR team and other HR professionals from across the Trust and attend Trust wide HR group meetings regularly.
What the school offers its staff
- A collaborative and inclusive culture
- A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students
- Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth
- Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) which provides a secure pension and immediate life cover
- Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years plus service and 34 following 10 years plus service
- We offer an Employee Assistance Programme called BHSF which includes 24/7 access to a GP, expert and practical legal advice, 24/7 confidential helpline for support with emotional matters, money management support and offers and discounts for high street shops.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Mayfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 304 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mayfield School website
- Email address
- hr@educationimpact.org.uk
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 PMLD, cognition and learning needs and autism. We are proud to be a Unicef Rights Respecting School, on a journey to achieve the gold award.
This post involves working with pupils who have persistent differences with social interaction, social communication and understanding emotions. Our pupils need clear boundaries and consistent support with engagement, learning, emotional regulation, and sensory needs.
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. Curriculum Leaders are expected to work across both sites and are typically committed to teaching 16-19 hours per week.
In recent years Mayfield has engaged with all stakeholders to design the “Get Real” curriculum to be ambitious for all our pupils and equip them with the knowledge, opportunities, and experiences to succeed. Curriculum Leaders play a key part in continuing to develop our curriculum offer, role modelling and monitoring the implementation of the curriculum and assessing its impact. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or aspiring middle leader to really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families through education.
Arranging a visit to Mayfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@educationimpact.org.uk.
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