HR Lead

West Midlands Academy Trust, Birmingham, B30 1HW

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  13.04.2025 or earlier if possible.

• Closing date

  6 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  23 January 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: £43,505.00 - £47,354.00 Annually (FTE) Term time + 2 weeks.

HR Lead job summary

We are delighted to welcome you as a prospective candidate to become WMAT’s HR Lead. As we move into our second year of operation as a multi-academy trust, your expertise and vision could play a pivotal role in shaping our culture and supporting our mission. We hope that this information pack provides you sufficient insight and information to decide if you have the right qualities, skills and experience to apply for the position.

WMAT was founded by three high performing secondary schools in Birmingham, Hall Green, Kings Norton Girls’ and Swanshurst, who transferred into WMAT on 1st January 2025. You would be joining at the beginning of our journey, as we embed and then grow the trust. For the right individual, we believe that this is an extremely exciting HR role.

At WMAT, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and empowering environment for both our staff and students. We believe that strong human resources leadership is essential for attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals who are passionate about education and dedicated to our students’ success.

The three schools have over 500 staff and around 4,000 students. We are working towards HR policy alignment and are about to onboard a single payroll and HRIS provider. Internal procedures remain at school level currently. Alongside finance, HR is our key business area to focus upon; we want to develop an HR function that serves our staff and organisation as well as being compliant. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to lead the establishment of new trust policies, procedures and systems.

At every step, you would be supported by a leadership team full of ambition and optimism, including a Chief Executive and Chief Finance and Operations Officer who are each on secondment from the founding schools. The Board of Trustees has a wide range of skills and experience, including an HR professional. We are committed to ensuring that you grow and develop within the trust.

Thank you for considering this opportunity to be a part of something truly transformative. We look forward to your application and the possibility of welcoming you to our team.

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 West Midlands Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-midlands-academy-trust

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