Ark St Alban’s Academy
HR Officer
Ark St Alban’s Academy is looking to recruit an experienced and highly-organised HR Officer to join their Operations and Resources team.
The successful candidate will be required to co-ordinate a confidential, personal and sometimes sensitive Human Resources administrative function for the academy. Duties include coordinating recruitment and selection, performance management, absence management, data management, payroll and maintaining the Single Central Register and other ad hoc projects as required.
This role requires a highly skilled administrator and communicator, capable of administering the HR processes and procedures for a growing, talented and diverse staff team and confident in working with the Assistant Principal (Head of Operations and Resources) in advising all staff and leaders on a variety of people management and professional development matters.
The ideal candidate will:
- Experience of a similar HR role, ideally within a school or education setting
- Hold (or working towards) a relevant CIPD qualification
- Be proactive and organised, with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills
- Have a helpful and positive nature, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
Our school consistently secures excellent outcomes for our pupils.
Our school is committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country. There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.
For an informal conversation about the role please contact Katie Roberts on
[email protected]. Please submit your application online by visiting our vacancies page.
Start date: September 2023 (flexible for the right candidate)
Location: Conybere Street, Birmingham B12 0YH
Reports to: Assistant Principal (Head of Operations and Resources)
Salary: Ark Support staff pay scale 7 (£25,409 - £30,099)
Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday – Friday), term time plus 2 weeks.
The deadline for applications is Monday 14 August 2023 at 10.00am.
Our website can provide more information about Ark St Alban’s Academy.
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark St Alban's Academy Candidate Information Pack.pdf