HR Administrator
Mayfield School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 1HJ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
March 2026
Closing date
28 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 3 £27,254 - £33,699 or Grade 4* (£34,434 - £41,771)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Role: HR Administrator
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 36.5 per week. All year round
Salary: Grade 3 £27,254 - £33,699 or Grade 4* (£34,434 - £41,771)
Start Date: March 2026
Closing date: 28 January 2026
EIAT is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in North Birmingham incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Lime Tree Nursery and Blue Sky Nursery. We strive to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is 'Better Never Ends'.
Are you an experienced administrator with an interest in HR? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Administrator to join our growing team of professional and dedicated staff at Mayfield School. Experience of HR and/or working in a school is desirable but not essential. You will play a key role in providing a professional, efficient and proactive HR service working with the school HR Manager, school SLT and central HR team. 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 including the following:
- Recruitment administration
- Maintaining the Single Central Record
- Administering DBS checks
- Staff absence administration and conducting return to work meetings
- Minuting meetings.
Candidates should be willing to undertake CIPD level 3 or 5 if not already held. Experience of working with students is desirable and at interview, you will be able to clearly display a commitment to the pastoral care of students in the school.
*This post is advertised at Grade 3; however, appointment at Grade 4 (£34,434 - £41,771) may be considered for an exceptional candidate who can demonstrate the required knowledge, skills and experience at that level.
Mayfield 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 Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
To read a copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please click on the link below:
Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)
To read our policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders please click on the link below:
Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.
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:
DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Closing date: 28 January 2026
Interviews: 5 February 2025
Early applications are encouraged, and applicants may be invited to interview prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is appointed before the closing date.
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 is unsuccessful.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer
- 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 provides:
- 24/7 access to a GP from anywhere in the world, a telephone helpline and 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.
- Offers and discounts for high street shops
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, in addition to having individual regular contact and support from the central HR team.
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.
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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@mayfield.eiat.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@mayfield.eiat.org.uk.
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