Hours 36.5 hours Monday to Friday - Term time only plus 3 weeks or all Year round with the option to bank some hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Manager to join our growing team of professional and dedicated staff at Mayfield School, which is part of Education Impact Academy Trust (EIAT). You will play a key role in providing a professional, efficient and proactive Human Resources service, partnering with school leaders and the Trust HR team, line managing the school HR Assistant, providing HR support and advice on a range of matters, ensuring high levels of accuracy and compliance whilst observing relevant employment legislation.

This role will evolve over the next 12 to 24 months, with an initial focus on supporting the school to improve staff attendance and supporting with wellbeing, including analysis of the root causes of absence and recommendations to address these. It will include playing a lead role in developing capacity through training line managers for the return to work process. This will involve close collaboration with the Mayfield leadership team and the Trust HR team, working towards strategic cultural change and more centralised ways of working.

We are looking for someone with

• excellent interpersonal skills who can communicate effectively at all levels
• you will be comfortable working productively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks, and prioritising workload
• providing support and guidance on a variety of employee relation matters including, absence management, recruitment, disciplinary, conduct and performance management in line with Trust policies and procedures

Candidates should be able to demonstrate evidence of CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards) alongside experience of working in a HR role in a supervisory or management capacity. Experience of working with students is desirable and at interview, you will be able to clearly display a commitment to the pastoral care of students in school.

Mayfield School is a special school for 310 pupils aged between 2 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including autism. Mayfield is a Unicef Rights Respecting School on a journey to achieve gold status. The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth.

Successful applicants can be asked to work at either site depending on the needs of the school. We are proud to be part of Education Impact Academy Trust which is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in North Birmingham incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Lime Tree Nursery and Blue Sky Nursery. We strive to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is ‘Better Never Ends’.

Employee Benefits

• all support staff are enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (West Midlands Pension Fund) which provides a secure pension and immediate life cover
• Employee Assistance Programme called BHSF which provides:24/7 access to a GP from anywhere in the world,  a telephone helpline and, face to face consultation service, Private prescription service
• Expert and practical legal advice24/7
• confidential helpline for support with emotional matters
• money management support
• generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years plus service and 34 following 10 years plus service

You will be supported in your role by the school leadership team, the central HR team and other HR professionals from across the Trust. You will attend EIAT HR Group meetings half termly, to share good practice, receive HR updates and network with other HR staff from across the Trust, as well as having individual regular contact and support from the central HR team.

Hybrid working considered (to be discussed) and we welcome informal visits and encourage applicants to have a conversation with us about the role and terms. To find out more about the role or arrange a visit to the school, please email hr@educationimpact.org.uk.

  This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.  

Please apply online 

Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted.

We will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) or accept them instead of an application form.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Early applications are encouraged, and applicants may be invited to interview prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is appointed before the closing date.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. 

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.