Safeguarding/SEND/HR Administrator

TES FE News; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Birmingham is seeking an Office Manager with HR experience to provide strategic leadership and manage HR administration. The successful candidate will ensure the smooth running of the school, support staff, and work towards improving student outcomes. Excellent organizational and communication skills are essential for this role. This is a term-time position with additional holiday work required.

Benefits

Westfield Cash Plan for health expenses

Access to ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Must possess a dynamic personality with a drive to succeed.
• Experience in an administrative setting, preferably in education.
• Ability to support and manage staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership of the main office and HR administration.
• Ensure smooth running of the school and effective administrative support.
• Oversee recruiting process including posting job adverts.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

HR knowledge

Excel proficiency

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Job Overview

We have a great opportunity for a dynamic Office Manager with HR experience to join our school to provide strategic leadership and management of the main office and HR administration to drive professional standards within the administrative support of the school.

Do you have what it takes to contribute towards and continue to drive the dramatic improvements at Lordswood Boys’ School? Do you have the passion and commitment to deliver outstanding provision of support and wellbeing at the school? If so, this role at Lordswood Boys’ School might be the best career move you ever make.

The successful candidate will manage and support the administrative staff and the wider teaching and support staff in order to provide effective administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the school. We are a small, yet expanding school, with around 560 students in year groups 7-11. If you want to make a difference to our students and support them to achieve their full potential, then this is the role for you.

About Lordswood Boys’ School

Lordswood Boys’ School is part of the Central Academies Trust (CAT). CAT was formed in September 2017 to sponsor Lordswood Boys’ School with one ambition: vastly improving the life chances of the young men the school serves. An educational Trust with members and directors drawn from the highest achieving and highest profile schools in Coventry and Birmingham. Led by our Chief Executive, Mr Lee Williams, the Trust incorporates members and directors from industry and higher education amongst other fields. Committed to raising achievement in challenging schools and to securing the highest of high equity, we will work relentlessly to change young lives in the Midlands. Any professional that joins in with our mission will have opportunities to work across our schools in the coming years as we seek to develop and promote our own staff into outstanding school improvement experts or leaders of curriculum innovation and world class standards in education. We do not lack ambition.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following characteristics:

• Experienced in working in an administrative setting in school, or experience that could be easily translated and applied into a school setting.
• An excellent record of working in a pressurised field
• A flexible and supportive colleague.
• Creative and innovative.
• Have very high standards for their own performance and that of the students.
• Ability to learn new programmes at pace and share learning with appropriate members of staff.
• Ability to plan and implement systems to maximise use
• Advanced PC skills, especially Excel (spreadsheets and databases)
• Previous office experience
• Ability to organise and prioritise your own workload whilst working alone or as part of a team
• Ability to oversee the recruiting process; posting job adverts and organising interviews.
• Ability to liaise with the school’s HR professional, maintain confidentiality and ensure accurate record keeping.
• Highly developed organisational skills
• An eye for detail.
• A good understanding and knowledge of office and HR systems and protocols would be an advantage, although full training is offered to all successful candidates.
• A dynamic personality including a capacity, drive, passion and energy to succeed
• High personal standards.
• Excellent health and attendance record.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A general desire to help and support children from all backgrounds.

The Ideal Candidate Will Also Have

• excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and students at all levels.
• experience of working in an education environment or with young people with specific difficulties and vulnerabilities.

These are reasons why you might want to join us:

• Lordswood Boys’ School was inspected by Ofsted on 15th & 16th February 2022 and was graded as a Good School. Read our inspection report by clicking here.
• The brand-new school building opened in March 2020.
• You have a track record in organising and managing different tasks and can work under pressure.
• The school is expanding rapidly.
• All employees have access to our Westfield Cash Plan which covers expenses such as optical, dental, well-being, etc.

The Successful Candidate Will Be Required To

• Have knowledge of SEND legislation (e.g. Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice).
• Maintain SEND records and support the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) processes.
• Liaise effectively with SENCOs, parents, external agencies and local authorities.
• Manage reviews, provision maps, and documentation accurately.
• Work with an understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements.
• Use strategies which successfully support the mental health and wellbeing of students.
• Develop strategies to deliver effective short-term one-to-one support to students who require a quick response to help them overcome barriers to their learning.
• You will be expected to participate in ongoing professional development.

Whilst this role is predominantly term time there is a requirement for the successful candidate to work an additional 10 days per year during holiday times, in agreement with the Head of School.

If you require further information or an informal discussion contact Rajdip Kaur Kang, Head of School, details as follows:

E: [e-mail]

T: 0121-464 2837

Our Commitment

Lordswood Boys’ School is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

Candidates will be required to submit the names of two referees, one of which must be your most recent employer.

Candidates will be expected to inform us of their salary aspirations. The school is prepared to negotiate to secure the right colleague.

Closing date: 8th October 2025, Midday