HR Support Officer
Kinver High School and Sixth Form, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY7 6AA17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
13 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
- Grade 7 SCP 18 - 23 (£32,578 - £35,570 FTE)
HR Support Officer job summary
Join Our HR Team at Invictus Education Trust!
Vacancy for HR Support Officer
Commencing as soon as possible
Permanent, Full time (37 hours per week), all year round
Grade 7 SCP 18-23 (£32,578 – £35,570 FTE)
Invictus Education Trust is excited to announce a new opportunity for an HR Support Officer. This is a fantastic chance to develop your HR career while making a meaningful impact across our schools and supporting our dedicated staff.
About the Role
As an HR Support Officer, you’ll play a key role in supporting day-to-day HR operations and will be a visible presence in our schools. You’ll provide essential administrative support across recruitment, payroll, employee relations, training and development, and compliance. This role offers variety, challenge, and the opportunity to grow your HR expertise in an educational setting.
Why Choose Invictus Education Trust?
At Invictus Education Trust, we’re committed to nurturing talent and supporting career growth. This role offers more than just a job – it’s the opportunity to develop a rewarding career within HR, with clear pathways for advancement and ongoing professional support.
If you are enthusiastic, eager to learn, and ready to make a meaningful contribution, we would love to hear from you.
What We Offer
Key Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For
To succeed in this role, you’ll need:
· Qualifications: NVQ Level 3/CIPD Level 3 or equivalent relevant experience, with a good standard of English and Maths
· Experience: A successful track record in managing and developing HR processes such as recruitment, payroll, probationary periods, and low-level casework
· Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint together with experience with HRIS and applicant tracking systems is desirable.
· Analytical Ability: The ability to analyse data and present findings clearly to various audiences
· Attention to Detail: Consistently accurate in your work
· Independence & Teamwork: Able to work independently, while also collaborating effectively with others
· Values: A strong commitment to the values of the Trust and the highest standards of child protection and safeguarding
· Relationships: Ability to form and maintain professional relationships quickly and effectively
· Tenacity: A resilient and determined approach to challenges
Interested?
We welcome informal telephone discussions, virtual meetings, or visits to the Trust before the closing date. Please contact the Toby Day or Jo Yeoman, HR Support Officers at, hr@invictus.education
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We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Closing Date 30th November 2026 at 9.00am
Interviews to be held 2nd December 2026
Previous applicants need not apply
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Kinver High School and Sixth Form
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 801 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
We are a highly successful and increasingly popular oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive school of around 740 students, situated in the picturesque village location of Kinver on the western fringe of the West Midlands. The school has undergone rapid growth in recent years due to its popularity, moving form a 4-form entry in Year 7 to 6-form entry. The school operates its own designated school coach transport service, which means that our intake spans 5 local authorities and our parents and students choose to come to us, making Kinver the non-selective ‘selective’ school.
We are sure that once you visit us and meet our students, you’ll find that we are the school for you and your career journey, our CPD through school and in partnership with Invictus is exemplary.
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