HR Officer
Severndale Specialist Academy, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH12 days remaining to apply
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week for 52 weeks of the year. Monday to Thursday 7:30am-3:30pm, Friday 3pm finish.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade SO1. SCP 23-25.
What skills and experience we're looking for
The purpose of this post is to effectively provide a professional HR service across the academy via the implementation of appropriate people management processes and practices and the effective management of any employee relations matters.
The successful candidate will be expected to work on their own initiative and have the ability to communicate professionally, courteously and politely with all members of staff at Severndale Academy and all external parties.
The role involves liaising professionally, courteously, and politely with all stakeholders, trustees, members of staff, students, and parents.
Skills required:
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to achieve the request business results.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
- Good listening skills.
- Confidentiality, tact and diplomacy and sensitivity in dealing with staff and student issues.
- Honesty and integrity.
- Ability to work under pressure and with conflicting demands and deadlines.
- Proactive with ability to use own initiative.
- Confident
- Positive and motivated
What the school offers its staff
- Salary range Grade SO1. SCP 23-25. Starting from £17.85 per hour.
- 37 hours per week for 52 weeks of the year
- Generous annual leave entitlement, starting from 25 days per year increasing to 33 days with long service.
- Monday – Thursday Start: 7.30am/Finish: 3.30pm
- Friday – start: 7.30am/Finish:3.00pm
- Access to the School Advisory Service & Bike to work scheme
- Continuing Professional Development & Local Authority Pension Scheme
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Severndale Specialist Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Severndale Specialist Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk
Severndale Specialist Academy:
Severndale Specialist Academy is a multi-site special school incorporating our Monkmoor campus, provision within a local mainstream secondary school and a purpose built 16-25 year old provision at our local college. We work with young people with special educational needs from within Shropshire and beyond. Our children and young people can access Severndale Specialist Academy from nursery age through to 25 and have a range of learning, physical and mobility difficulties and some students require personal care. Supporting communication and enabling independence is a key focus of our work .
Severndale is a truly unique special school and is one of the largest special schools in the country. We are proud to be able to meet the needs of over 430 young people across all abilities of the SEND spectrum and across three different sites. Severndale is also proud to be part of The Learning Community Trust, a truly inclusive multi academy trust based in Telford.
Arranging a visit to Severndale Specialist Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk.
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