HR and Staff Wellbeing Officer

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8HE

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  26 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week All Year Round
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537 to £34,434 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*- C.
• Experience of working in an administrative setting.
• Good literacy / numeracy skills.
• Effective use of ICT packages.
• The ability to prioritise conflicting demands and manage effectively under pressure.

What the school offers its staff

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

The school was rated ‘good’ in all four areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in January 2023.

We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - HR and Staff Wellbeing Officer.pdf - 338 KB (opens in new tab)

About Laisterdyke Leadership Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 889 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Laisterdyke Leadership Academy website
• Email address: info.laisterdyke@laisterdyke.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01274 454 400
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/laisterdyke-leadership-academy

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 1200 place, 11-18 secondary school and sixth form. Laisterdyke joined the Trust on 1 April 2016. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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