HR Administrator

Zest Education is recruiting an organised and proactive HR Administrator to join a school or academy trust based in Birmingham. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills and experience in HR, recruitment, or school office environments.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Support the HR department with daily administrative tasks

• Assist with recruitment processes, including advertising roles, shortlisting, and arranging interviews

• Manage staff records, contracts, personnel files, and compliance documentation

• Process DBS checks, references, and safeguarding paperwork

• Maintain accurate HR databases and update staff information

• Support onboarding and induction for new staff

• Handle enquiries from staff, visitors, and external agencies

• Support with absence recording, attendance monitoring, and HR reporting

• Provide general admin support such as filing, emails, and updating documentation

 Ideal Candidate:

✅ Previous experience in HR administration, school administration, or an office-based role
📋 Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
💬 Confident communicator with good written and verbal skills
🖥️ Proficient with IT systems (SIMS, Arbor, or similar systems an advantage)
🤝 Discreet, professional, and able to handle confidential information
🛡️ Understanding of safeguarding and safer recruitment
🪪 Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Mia at mia@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

We receive new jobs and positions on a daily basis so keep up to date with us on our social media pages too:

Website: https://www.zesteducation.co.uk/

Twitter: @Zest_Education

Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/ZESTEDUCATION

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zest-education/

Zest Education – small consultancy friendliness with big agency experience.