The job requirements are detailed below.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 36.5 per week. All year round. Hybrid and flexible working considered (to be discussed).

Salary: Grade 4 SCP 23 – 31, £34,434 - £41,771

Start Date: January 2026

Closing date: Monday 10 November 2025

EIAT 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'.

Mayfield School is a special school for 315 pupils aged between 3 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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Manager to join our growing team of professional and dedicated staff at Mayfield School. You will play a key role in providing a professional, efficient and proactive Human Resources service, partnering with school leaders and the central 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 12-24 months, with an initial focus on supporting the school to improve staff attendance. 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 central 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.

The ideal candidate will hold a CIPD Level 5 qualification or be willing to train, alongside experience of working in a HR role in a supervisory or management capacity. Experience of working in an educational environment is desirable but not essential.

We can offer

A collaborative and inclusive culture
A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students
Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth
Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) which provides a secure pension and immediate life cover
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
We offer an Employee Assistance Programme called BHSF which includes 24/7 access to a GP, expert and practical legal advice, 24/7 confidential helpline for support with emotional matters, money management support and offers and discounts for high street shops.

You will be supported in your role by the school leadership team, the central HR team and other HR professionals from across the Trust and attend Trust wide HR group meetings regularly.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

To read a copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please click on the link below:

Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)

To read our policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders please click on the link below:

Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)

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

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:

DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Closing date: Monday 10 November 2025

Interviews: Wednesday 26 November 2025

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.

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 is unsuccessful.

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