Office HR Manager

Sybourn Primary School, London, E17 8HA

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Working hours: 36 hours
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 26 £38,934 27 £39,855 28 £40,755
• Pay scale: SO2

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Office / HR Manager is to make sure that the effective and efficient administration supports the strategic aims and day-to-day operation of the school and lines manages all administrators with the office operational function.

We are looking for a highly organised, friendly and professional Office/HR Manager to be the welcoming heart of our primary school. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and HR experience, a calm and proactive approach, and a genuine passion for working in an education setting. You will manage the day-to-day running of the school office, oversee HR processes, support staff and leadership, and ensure systems run smoothly and compliantly. Excellent communication skills, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle competing priorities are essential, as is a warm manner when working with children, families, and staff. In return, you’ll join a supportive school community where your role is valued and your work makes a real difference every day.

What the school offers its staff

What we can offer you:

• You will become a member of a school staff who are supportive, successful and committed to setting high standards.
• Access to Perks at Work scheme, which offers loyalty rewards and discounts from high street stores from your Day 1.
• Salary sacrifice scheme allowing you access to IT, Tech equipment & Bicycles with directs savings.
• Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family, offering confidential support with Health Assured. Services offered include:
  • Unlimited access to counselling for emotional problems & a pathway to structured telephone counselling.
  • Face to face counselling, legal information (employee’s only).
  • Bereavement support / medical information / CBT online & access to the Health Portal / App.

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Sybourn Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 516 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sybourn Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@sybournprimary.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sybourn-primary-school

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