HR Administrator

Job title and organisation: HR Administrator - Chellow Heights Special School
Salary: Band 6 SCP 7-11 £25,256 - £26,919
Hours: 37 per week (Term Time Only plus 4 weeks)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Chellow Heights Special School, Bradford BD9 6AL
Closing Date and Time: Monday 12 October 2026 at Midnight

Working Pattern: Monday to Thursday 8am - 4pm and Friday 8am - 3:30pm

School Sites:

• Chellow Heights West Site: Thorn Lane, Bradford
• Chellow Hrights South Site: Netherlands Avenue, Low Moor, Bradford

The post will be based at our West site however you will be expected to work across both sites.

We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Administrator to join our team at Chellow Heights Special School.

The successful candidate will have strong organisational skills, attention to detail and a passion for fostering a positive employee experience. You will work alongside the current HR team to support the smooth delivery of day to day operations. The role is varied and will include administrative support for recruitment, onboarding, managing employee records, supporting with HR processes in line with the Schools policies and procedures and day to day general enquiries.

Key Responsibilities include;

• Providing support and advice where appropriate in all areas of staff absence. Monitor absence levels, identify issues and concerns following the Sickness Absence Policy.
• Setting up and complete the paperwork for absence stage meetings
• Daily monitoring and management of the Human Resources email inbox ensuring timely response to all internal and external queries.
• Dealing with phone and face to face queries efficiently and confidentially
• Complete administration duties such as filing and archiving
• Supporting with recruitment and onboarding ensuring a positive candidate experience and follow safer recruitment procedures in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Successful candidate will;

• Have an ability to relate well to pupils and adults.
• Be able to work constructively as part of a team.
• An ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Demonstrate good co-operative, interpersonal and listening skills.
• Have a good sense of humour.
• Be willing to share expertise, knowledge and experience.
• Always be approachable, courteous and able to present a positive image of the school to callers and visitors.
• Maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school, its pupils, parents and carers.

About Chellow Heights

Chellow Heights school is a large special school which is located on two separate sites. Both sites offer exceptional learning environments for our pupils which enhance their learning and quality of life experiences. These include an outstanding outdoor provision, multi-sensory rooms, soft play, food technology rooms and our ‘engine’ rooms which are used to support our pupils with their sensory processing.

Our West Site is the larger provision and in addition to the resources highlighted above, also boasts a multi-sensory hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy room, music therapy room and jungle gym (soft play room).

Our South Site is a much smaller provision in terms of the size of building yet capitalises brilliantly on the large outdoor space available.

Our mission statement ‘ Enjoy, achieve, excel, excite, one vision, one community, new heights ’encapsulates our purpose. We believe that children learn best when they are having fun and enjoy what they do. Although located on two separate sites (South & West), we are very much one community with one vision to provide a personalised education to our pupils.

To apply, go to HR Administrator – Chellow Heights Specialist School

Closing Date: Monday 12th October 2026

Interview date: 20th October 2026

Chellow Heights is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and where applicable a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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