HR Officer
Wright Robinson College, Manchester, M18 8RL30 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
19 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Contract: Full Time (35 hours per week). Permanent. Term-time only (TTO) + 2 weeks Working hours: 8:15am – 3:45pm Monday – Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8 (Term-time plus 2 weeks) SCP 31 – 35 £40,476 - £44,711 FTE (actual salary TTO + 2 £35,707 - £39,443)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job overview
Salary: Grade 8 (Term-time plus 2 weeks) SCP 31 – 35 £40,476 - £44,711 FTE (actual salary TTO + 2 £35,707 - £39,443)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: Full Time (35 hours per week). Permanent. Term-time only (TTO) + 2 weeks
Working hours: 8:15am – 3:45pm Monday – FridayLocation: On-site (Wright Robinson College)
Apply by: 9:00am on Wednesday 20th August 2025
We are seeking a passionate and dedicated HR Officer to join our team at Wright Robinson College. As a HR Officer, you will provide a high-quality operational HR service, working closelywith the Headteacher and wider leadership team. You will be the first point of contact for all HR matters including employee relations, well-being support and safer recruitment and staff retention. You will be supported in this role by the Trust’s HR Consultant.
The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously and respond accordingly to a change in priorities. You will haveexperience of working in a HR generalist role and hold a CIPD level 3 or above qualification(or working towards), or have demonstrable experience. In addition, being attentive to both the confidential and sensitive nature of the role and have experience of addressing and escalating HR queries from staff and managers will be advantageous.
In this role, you will lead on the college’s recruitment and selection processes, on-boarding new members of staff and ensuring that all safer recruitment and pre-employment checks are carried out in a timely manner. Additionally, you will work with the HR Consultant on employeerelations matters, addressing attendance concerns in a sensitive manner and assist in theadministration of performance management processes such as probationary reviews andappraisals.
Wright Robinson College has been chosen as one of the UK's Best Places to Work 2024. The Sunday Times has revealed the Best Places to Work in the UK for 2024. This nationwide workplace survey honours and celebrates Britain's top employers and acknowledges the best workplaces for women, LGBTQIA+ community, disabled employees, ethnic minorities, younger and older workers, and wellbeing. Wright Robinson College is the only high school in the UK to be named as a Times Best Place to Work 2024.
Wright Robinson College has been an ‘Outstanding School’ in every area of the Ofsted Inspection Framework since 2016 and we were immensely proud that our continued ‘Outstanding’ status was confirmed again in our October 2021 inspection under the new framework. We are fully committed to continuing to further raise academic standards and attainment, across an academic curriculum.
We are committed to staff development and if you join our team you will be based in a friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning. As well as offering you a competitive salary,and access to our BUPA Employee Assistance Programme,you will be provided with free access to on-site gym and pool facilities, a range of activities designed to support staff well-being and free on-site parking. Located one mile from the city centre, on the east side of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links. To read more about our employee benefits, please follow the link below:https://www.wrightrobinson.co.uk/Employee-benefits/
Have you got the desire, experience and ambition to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to Ms Ward, Director of HR on 0161 370 5121.
For further information on the position, to see what our staff have to say about working for us please follow the link below:https://www.wrightrobinson.co.uk/Vacancies-Non-Teaching/
Apply by: 9:00am on 20th August 2025
How to Apply:
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All applications should be made via the TES website. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
Statement on Safeguarding
Wright Robinson College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are made subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. When appointing new staff, we will ask shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and to provide any information that would deem them unsuitable to work with children.
Online checks for shortlisted candidates
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search, including social media, will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
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What the school offers its staff
Wright Robinson College is committed to staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning. As well as offering you a competitive salary and access to our BUPA Healthy Minds Employee Assistance Programme, you will be provided with free access to on-site gym facilities, swimming pool and on-site parking. Located one mile from the city centre on the east side of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.
Wright Robinson College is outstanding in every area of the Ofsted Inspection Framework (2021). As an ‘Outstanding School,’ we are fully committed to continuing to further raise academic standards and attainment, across an academic curriculum.
Have you got the desire, experience and ambition to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to Ms Ward, Director of HR on 0161 370 5121.
For further information on the position, to see what our staff have to say about working for us please follow the link below: https://www.wrightrobinson.co.uk/Vacancies-Non-Teaching/
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Statement on Safeguarding
Wright Robinson College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are made subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. When appointing new staff, we will ask shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and to provide any information that would deem them unsuitable to work with children.
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About Wright Robinson College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1810 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wright Robinson College website
- Email address
- wrcjobs@wrightrobinson.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0161 370 5121
Wright Robinson is an outstanding 11-16 secondary school situated on the outskirts of central Manchester, in extensive grounds alongside Gorton reservoir and surrounding greenbelt.
The college has state of the art facilities set in an impressive campus which facilitates an exceptional learning environment.
As you enter the college you will find a calm and welcoming atmosphere. Visitors frequently comment on how impeccably well-mannered our students are.
Our ‘Team Ethos’ permeates all aspects of college life. Life here at Wright Robinson is so much more than what happens in the classroom and we are extremely proud to offer a wealth of opportunities to our students. A culture of mutual respect, positive outlook and a ‘can-do’ approach pervades our school. We have established a secure, stable and well-ordered environment and make no apologies for the high expectations of all pupils. Our Governors and Leaders are deeply committed to ensuring that every pupil can flourish, irrespective of their personal circumstances.
Our core purpose is to deliver consistently high-quality teaching and provide an education that enables our pupils to excel. The ambitious curriculum motivates and engages pupils to work extremely hard.
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