HR Administrator

Bristnall Hall Academy, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9PA

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,274.00 - £30,515.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Point 7–14

HR Administrator job summary

HR Administrator

Academy base: Bristnall Hall Academy

37 hours per week | All Year Round

NJC Point 7-14 | £27,274-£30,515 FTE

Hybrid working, with Bristnall Hall Academy as the primary base and travel to North Walsall Primary Academy and Caldmore Primary Academy as required.

Applicants must be able to travel to all three academies.

Make every detail count. Help our people do their best work.

Great people services help academies run well. At Academy Transformation Trust (ATT), we are looking for an HR Administrator who combines exceptional attention to detail with a practical drive to make things simpler, faster and more reliable for colleagues. Your work will help turn our People Strategy into a positive everyday experience across Bristnall Hall, North Walsall and Caldmore academiesThis is more than processing paperwork. Accurate payroll information, timely administration, dependable records and clear answers help colleagues feel supported and give leaders confidence in the information they use. By getting the detail right first time and reducing avoidable delays and duplication, you will help protect colleagues’ time, support effective decisions and enable academy teams to focus on pupils and their communities.

What you will bringAn eye for detail

You check your work carefully and take pride in accurate records, correspondence and payroll information.

You spot discrepancies, investigate their cause and correct them promptly, understanding why accuracy and compliance matter.

Confidence with numbers and systems

You are comfortable with figures, calculations and payroll data, and can identify information that does not look right.

You use spreadsheets and HR systems confidently to organise information and support reliable administration.

An efficient, improvement-focused approach

You look for simpler ways to work, reduce duplication and prevent recurring errors while maintaining appropriate checks.

You plan ahead, prioritise competing deadlines and take ownership of queries through to resolution.

A colleague-focused service

You build positive relationships and communicate clearly and sensitively with colleagues at all levels.

You provide helpful, responsive service while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.

Professionalism and integrity

You handle confidential information with discretion and sound judgement.

You act with integrity, take responsibility for your work and uphold Trust values and professional expectations.

Essential experience and skills

Experience in an HR, payroll, administration or customer-focused environment.

Strong written communication skills and the ability to draft professional correspondence.

Experience of maintaining records and working with confidential information.

Good numerical skills and confidence working with data and calculations.

Strong organisation and prioritisation skills.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

Why your role matters to ATT

Our People Strategy 2026-2030 translates ATT2030 into the lived colleague experience. It calls for simpler people processes, less administrative burden and reliable information that helps leaders make timely decisions. As an HR Administrator, you will help put this into practice: making support easier to access, keeping information accurate and helping colleagues become Capable, Competent and Confident.

Working across three academies, you will connect local needs with the expertise of the wider HR team. By sharing good practice and improving everyday processes, you can help build a more consistent, efficient people service across ATT. This is practical work with a wider purpose: creating the conditions in which colleagues can do their best work for pupils and communities.

Ready to make every detail count?

If you enjoy bringing order to busy workloads, getting the detail right and making services work better for people, we would love to hear from you. Bring your accuracy, initiative and commitment to excellent service to ATT.

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Ferdous Begum, HR Business Partner on Ferdous.Begum@attrust.org.uk.

Closing date: Thursday 26th November 2026 at 9am

Interview Date: Week commencing 30th November 2026

Please apply early as this vacancy may close early if a suitable application is received.

Join ATT and help create the conditions in which colleagues, pupils and communities can thrive.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bristnall Hall Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1088 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bristnall Hall Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bristnall-hall-academy

Bristnall Hall Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family of academies.

Bristnall Hall Academy is an 11-16, unique community academy with an extensive offering supported by a strong reputation for partnerships and inclusivity. We are a thriving and oversubscribed academy with a well-established reputation for outcomes for students. In 2022, our Progress 8 of +0.84 made us the highest performing Academy in Sandwell again.

We are on a journey of rapid transformation toward outstanding and this is indicated in our latest Ofsted inspection in November 2021, where Ofsted validated the significant progress Bristnall Hall Academy has made beyond the realms of Good and not instead, has ‘sufficient evidence of improved performance to suggest that it might be judged Outstanding’.

We have a key focus on staff well-being, with a number of initiatives in place across the academy including bespoke departmental marking and assessment policies which have dramatically reduced teacher workload. If you want to inspire, aspire and achieve, come and join something special and make your mark.

We aim to provide our young people with the qualifications, skills and attributes to have a successful and happy life. Whilst other schools and academies often comment on their struggles with recruiting quality, specialist staff, Bristnall Hall has retained and recruited successfully. From this term, we have even more outstanding teachers who will further strengthen our remarkable team.

We have a key focus on staff well-being, with a number of initiatives in place across the academy including bespoke departmental marking and assessment policies which have dramatically reduced teacher workload. If you want to inspire, aspire and achieve, come and join something special and make your mark.

We aim to provide our young people with the qualifications, skills and attributes to have a successful and happy life.

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