8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    8 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    30 April 2025

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

£27,711 to £28,624

What skills and experience we're looking for

Outwood Academy Danum seeks a professional, confident individual to join our Business Services Team as HR Assistant. We are looking for someone who is highly organised, professional, approachable and flexible and who displays excellent communication skills. The role requires working at pace and the ability to prioritise and work well under pressure.

The successful candidate will come from an administrative background. Previous HR experience would be an advantage although it is not essential as full training will be given.

Supporting the Business Manager and wider academy in all aspects of HR and payroll, you will be responsible for administering the payroll function, monitoring and recording staff absence, organising and minute taking at meetings and administering the full recruitment process including pre-employment checks for all new staff.

Outwood Grange Academies Trust believes that all support staff within our Family of Schools are key in securing student success and ensuring professional development opportunities is part of our transformation model. Support to achieve CIPD accreditation will be available to enable further career progression.

What the school offers its staff

Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson

Principal: Mandy Crane

We are an Ofsted Good rated, 11-18 academy, with a thriving sixth form and a campus undergoing a transformation, based in the friendly, South Yorkshire town of Doncaster.

We are proud to say that our recent OFSTED inspection in 2024 cited that the school is a 'Good' school, identifying how the school is an 'inclusive school' where 'pupils of every background are provided with the opportunities they need to be successful.' We value our staff highly, and have established a truly supportive environment where staff training and well being is at the heart of all we do. We are focused on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased attainment, achievement and social and emotional development.

We are proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and to have received the IQM Award, which highlights our commitment to inclusion.We have also recently achieved our Eco Schools award along with our Leading the Way award for meeting all eight Gastsby Benchmarks to support employability for our students.

We believe we are on a journey towards Outstanding. Help to take us to the next level.

We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

If you share our vision, join our family.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Outwood Academy Danum

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1167 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

We are a large 11-18 comprehensive school with a thriving sixth form. Outwood Academy Danum became part of the Outwood family of schools in September 2016, in a recent Ofsted inspection we were graded good and we are still improving to become outstanding. This is an opportunity for you to join us on this journey.

As the highest performing Family of Schools in the North of England, Outwood Grange Academies Trust is transforming the futures of countless young people.

Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy Danum

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.birkinshaw@danum.outwood.com.

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