HR Manager

Ernest Bevin Academy, London, SW17 7DF

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 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: £45,000.00 - £50,000.00 Annually (FTE)

HR Manager job summary

Join our team as HR Manager

We are seeking an experienced HR professional to join our ambitious secondary school, Ernest Bevin Academy, as our dedicated HR Manager.

Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment where no two days are the same? Working for us, you’ll enjoy building strong relationships with leaders and staff and taking ownership of a broad and varied HR function. You’ll need to be adaptable, resilient and comfortable managing competing priorities, as this is a role where plans can change quickly and every day brings something different.

As the school’s HR Manager, you will be the go-to HR professional on site, working closely with senior leaders to deliver an excellent HR service. You will have genuine autonomy to manage HR operations across the school while playing a key role in recruitment, payroll administration, safeguarding compliance, employee wellbeing, absence management, workforce planning and HR processes.

Whilst you will lead HR within the school, you won’t be working alone.

As part of a cluster of schools, you will receive support and guidance from an Executive Business Manager, HR Business Partner and wider central HR team, giving you access to expert advice on more complex employee relations matters and employment law issues, if needed.

Why join us?

This role offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to make a visible impact within a school community while being part of a large, supportive and highly regarded HR network.

You will benefit from:

• Being the dedicated HR lead for the school
• Support from HR Business Partner and wider central HR team
• Network with other HR practitioners across the country in other United Learning schools and opportunities to collaborate
• Annual HR Conference featuring external speakers and experts
• Regular trust wide HR community calls and training
• Regional HR networking and development each term
• Ongoing professional development and employment law updates
• A workplace that considers flexible working requests on an individual basis
  
  

For further information on Benefits, please download the Benefits poster.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has substantial HR experience in a busy operational environment
• Enjoys building trusted relationships with managers and leaders
• Thrives in a fast-paced setting where priorities can change quickly
• Is confident managing recruitment, interviews, onboarding, absence management and HR processes
• Has strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
• Can balance attention to detail with a pragmatic, solutions focused approach
• Wants to continue developing their HR career with a supportive and ambitious organisation

School experience would be advantageous but is not essential. We welcome application from HR professionals who are looking to bring their expertise into education for the first time.

Join Us

If you’re an experienced HR professional looking for a role with autonomy, variety, challenge and excellent professional support, we’d love to hear from you.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference in a school environment while developing your career within one of the UK’s largest and most successful education groups.

If you want to discuss this role further, please contact Ian.Ilett@unitedlearning.org.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 Ernest Bevin Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 572 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ernest Bevin Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ernest-bevin-academy

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