HR Administrator

Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8BL

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  11 December 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  27 November 2025

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: £29,064.00 - £32,061.00 Annually (Actual) £26,281.05 - £28,991.08 pro rata to hours/weeks worked

HR Administrator job summary

HR Administrator

SCP13-19, £29,064 - £32,061 FTE (£26,281.05 - £28,991.08 pro rata to hours/weeks worked)
37 hours per week, time term only + 2 weeks

Location: Wolverhampton

Closing date - 11th December 2025, 12 noon

Interviews - w/c 15th December 2025

Start Date - ASAP

About this Role

At the heart of our Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is a mission that shapes all we do. Inspired by the witness of St Gabriel, forming pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice. These five characteristics express how our mission lives and breathes in our schools, shaping culture, leadership, teaching, and community. St Gabriel the Archangel CMAT is a family of 64 schools working together to deliver quality education to those we serve.

Exciting opportunity

As a member of the central team, the HR Administrator will support schools by delivering high-quality services within the HR team, ensuring compliance and excellence in all areas.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and organised HR Administrator to take ownership of a wide range of administrative responsibilities. This role will primarily be based on-site at our office in Wolverhampton.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the HR team in managing the day-to-day HR and payroll administration across the Region

• Supporting the full employee lifecycle: onboarding, payroll processing, leaver administration

• Maintaining accurate HR records and ensure compliance with GDPR

• Handling recruitment administration, including job adverts and compliance checks

• Acting as the first point of contact for staff queries

• Assisting with reporting, audits, and policy implementation

About you:

• A minimum of 1 year’s experience working in HR

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with team members and other stakeholders.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data processing

• Proficient in MS packages, including Excel

• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines

• Strong commitment to confidentiality and impartiality

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and pre-employment, medical clearance. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), online searches will also be carried out for shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

For further information, please visit our website www.sgacmat.co.uk or for a discussion about the role please contact Barbara Thomas, bthomas@sgacmat.co.uk

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

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 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 Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1191 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/our-lady-and-st-chad-catholic-academy

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