HR Officer

The Hyndburn Academy, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 4ED

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  21 September 2026 at 5pm

• Date listed

  7 September 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: £25,000.00 - £35,000.00 Annually (Actual)

HR Officer job summary

HR Officer

Salary: £25,000-£35,000 (FTE) plus benefits including: Local Government Pension, Health Care Cash Plan, Generous Staff Discount scheme, at least one personal leave day per year.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced HR Officer. The HR Officer will provide a range of administrative and practical HR services to support the effective and efficient running of the school. Providing routine HR advice and processing transactional HR matters including recruitment, new starters and leavers, payroll changes. This role involves a high level of confidentiality, communication and sensitivity. The HR Officer will report into the Cluster HR Manager and work with colleagues at Accrington Academy and Marsden Heights Community College.

Key responsibilities include:

• First point of contact for all HR-related queries, providing timely and professional responses.
• Advise managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and best practices, ensuring compliance with employment law and company policy. For example, performance management, absence and employee relations.
• Support Cluster HR Manager with investigations and disciplinary process.
• Manage the onboarding (including inductions) and probation process for new hires, ensuring all documentation is completed, right to work compliance and inductions are conducted effectively.
• Maintain and update the induction material to reflect changes in the business.
• Advise on any probation concerns raised and supporting managers with extension process.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date HR records, including contracts and files.
• Responsible for HR system accuracy (iTrent) and monthly reporting.
• Coordinate and manage Occupational Health provision, within the school. Ensuring we are tailoring requests to specific absence circumstances

The successful candidate must:

• Be an experienced HR professional
• Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them.
• Someone who has excellent organisational skills and knowledge of different ICT packages available.
• Someone with a high standard of literacy and attention to detail.

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 The Hyndburn Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 641 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Hyndburn Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-hyndburn-academy

The Hyndburn Academy opened in September 2017 and was rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. We are proud to be part of United Learning and work closely with our sister schools Accrington Academy and Marsden Heights Community College.

The Hyndburn Academy has ambitious plans for its students and staff. Over the next few years, we are aiming to rapidly transform into the successful school our fantastic students deserve.

The Hyndburn Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

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