Job Description

The Blue Coat School

Birmingham
28,000 - 33,000 per year

Salary:

33,000 Per annum (dependant on experience), Pension Contributions, Free Healthy Lunch, Onsite parking provided, Wellbeing package

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

12 September 2025

Job overview

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We are looking for an experienced HR Manager to join our fantastic team here at BCS.

Full time, all year round.

Hours of work - Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5pm

33,000 per annum dependent upon experience

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To promote and safeguard the welfare of all children and young persons for whom the post holder has responsibility and with whom the post holder comes into contact.

To ensure the Single Central Record is maintained to the statutory requirements and ensure that safer recruitment practices are adhered to.

To undertake a full range of secretarial and administrative duties and to ensure efficient and effective administrative support is provided to the Bursar.

To maintain the highest level of confidentiality in all matters including those relating to pupils, parents and colleagues.

Professional Responsibilities:

Exercise loyalty to the Headmaster and to the School, upholding and maintaining its traditions and ethos.

Set and maintain high standards of work in supporting the teaching and learning, as well as of personal and professional conduct.

Comply with all regulatory requirements.

Comply fully with the requirements as set out in the DfE document 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' and any relevant supplementary guidance.

Comply fully with the requirements as set out in the HM Government document 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' and any relevant supplementary guidance.

Abide by the School's current systems and structures as outlined in policy documents including the First Aid and Health, Health and Safety and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies, and take appropriate action in accordance with all such documents as and when necessary.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and parents/carers.

Participate as required in meetings with colleagues and parents in respect of the duties and responsibilities of the post.

Take responsibility for one's own professional development, attending INSET days at the start of each term and attending other relevant courses whenever possible.

Be punctual and adaptable, and dress in a smart but practical manner.

Job Purpose:

To provide accurate and timely advice and support on employee relation issues in line with School procedures and legislative requirements

To cost effectively manage recruitment to ensure appointment and retention of calibre staff in line with job descriptions, person specifications, School procedures
and legal requirements

In conjunction with the Bursar and the Estates and Operations Manager, assist with the management of Health and Safety within the School

Key Performance Areas:

Work closely with the Bursar and Executive Management Team to provide expert advice to ensure compliance with HR management legislation and best practice.

Coach and support the Executive Management Team on Employee Relations matters including performance, absence, disciplinary and grievance procedures.

In consultation with the Deputy Head Pre-Prep and Deputy Head Prep, monitor sickness trigger points for all staff across the School and take appropriate action.

Review and improve existing HR policies

Coordinate with the relevant Senior Leadership Team with respect to the selection process so that recruitment is carried out professionally and speedily.

Work with the Bursar on change management initiatives with respect to HR and ER

Identify training needs in collaboration with the Executive Management Team, as necessary.

In consultation with the Executive Management Team, develop annual training plans and organise training in line with needs and available budget.

Co-ordinate the HR administration communications, systems and processes efficiently.

Co-ordinate and facilitate orientation for new hires and ensure compliance with all work authorisation documents including right to work, DBs etc.

Maintain accurate HR records and documentation including employment contracts.

Work closely with the Bursar and the Estates and Operations Manager to administer Health and Safety systems and oversee compliance.

Work closely with the Estates and Operations Manager in relation to school residential properties to ensure compliance and prepare and administer the necessary paperwork

Ensure that the Single Central Register is accurately maintained and fully compliant, including entries for staff, VMTs, external Activity Providers, Governors, Volunteers and Contractors.

Liaise with the Holiday Club Provider (Team Super Sports) to ensure that their HR procedures are fully compliant.

Add new staff to the school database and maintain up to date staff lists.

Distribute accurate annual job descriptions to all staff.

General Duties:

To participate in the School's staff appraisal system as appropriate. To take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

To present the best possible image of the School in general, and, in particular, in all contact and communications with the general public, visitors, parents, pupils, customers, suppliers and all other external organisations.

To undertake training and staff development as needed and as determined by the School management.

To undertake such other duties, commensurate with the post, which the Headmaster and Bursar may reasonably and occasionally require

School Policies and Procedures:

To adhere to all School policies and procedures, especially those relating to Pupils, Health and Safety, Equality of Opportunity and Human Resources, and the Financial Regulations and Procedures.

Please note we cannot accept CVs. We only accept Blue Coat School Application forms.

Application forms, together with a supporting letter addressed to the Headmaster, Mr Noel Neeson, should be returned to recruitment@thebluecoatschool.com by

9am on Friday 12th September 2025.

Interviews will be scheduled for shortlisted candidates on

Friday 19th September 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a formal interview and to undertake an in-tray exercise. There will also be an opportunity to tour the school on the day.

Please note, we reserve the right to close posts at any time, once we have received sufficient applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Applications can only be accepted using the School's application form, which will be made available with each individual job advert.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The safeguarding responsibilities of the post are listed within the job descriptions.

All applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online searches, checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

At interview applicants must provide original documents to confirm their identity and right to work in the UK. They must also bring proof of qualifications where relevant for the post. The documentation required by applicants is listed in the Recruitment Policy which is available on the school website and from the School.

The Blue Coat School is an equal opportunities employer.

About

The Blue Coat School

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The Blue Coat School

Somerset Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham
West Midlands
B17 0HR
United Kingdom

+44 121 410 6800

Thank you for considering our wonderful school. Since our earliest days we have been proudly providing an education that is second to none for the children of Birmingham and beyond. The School today is unrecognisable from its humble beginnings. The mantra 300 years on is 'limitless learning for tomorrow's achievers' where our children thrive and achieve through an extensive academic programme balanced by outstanding offerings in creative arts, performing arts, sport and music.



The School has been shortlisted for three consecutive years for the TES Prep School of the Year Award. In 2020, our unique e-assessment programme, The BCS Blue, was also shortlisted for the TES Strategic Education Initiative of the Year and we were recognised as one of the country's top 25 schools in the i25 Awards.



With facilities that rival senior schools, pupils have the perfect resources for limitless learning. As a Prep School, Blue Coat's sporting facilities are unrivalled. The addition of an all-weather AstroTurf pitch, cricket nets and two new gym studios have raised the bar even further - BCS Sport is going from strength to strength! We enter many national competitions and have achieved notable regional and national success in swimming, hockey and netball.



A wide-ranging extra-curricular programme is enhanced by partnerships with local clubs including, Bournville Rugby Club, Aston Villa Football Club, Diamond Swim Academy, Complete Cricket, Edgbaston Kestrels Hockey Academy, Edgbaston Priory Club and Edgbaston Golf Club.



In Prep, the children join one of our four Prep Houses. Unique to Blue Coat, these former boarding houses now offer a 'home from home' at the start and end of each day, the children can play games, enjoy a movie night, relax and have lots of fun. Inter-house competitions such as the House Shout, House Mastermind and House Matches are keenly fought!



The standard of musicianship at Blue Coat is simply breath-taking! Morning Recitals, BCS Young Musician of the Year and other termly concerts offer performance opportunities for our children. Many aspire to audition for the Chapel Choir which sings at weekly chapel services and joins with the Choral Society and Birmingham Cathedral Choir at special events throughout the year. Through Ensembles and Music Groups such as the Jazz Band, Percussion Group and Flute Ensemble, the children experience playing with their peers and this in turn raises their cognitive skills and improves them as players. The Music Department is supported by a team of Visiting Music Teachers who teach over 300 individual music lessons each week.



Thanks to a blend of brilliant teaching, genuine care and joint endeavour, our pupils leave us ready to make their mark in a thousand different fields. Each year we celebrate outstanding success in the senior school examinations with many pupils in receipt of scholarship awards not just in the academic field, but also for music, sport and the performing arts. Pupils progress to the region's most renowned schools including the Independent and Grammar Schools of the King Edward VI Foundation, Solihull School, Edgbaston High School for Girls and Bromsgrove School. Others progress to schools across the country including Cheltenham College and Wycombe Abbey, as well as 13+ entry to the likes of Repton School and Eton College.

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