Office HR Manager
| Posting date: | 31 January 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, E17 8HA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6cfdc903-edf6-4871-8def-40d9f116ffc9 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Office / HR Manager is to make sure that the effective and efficient administration supports the strategic aims and day-to-day operation of the school and lines manages all administrators with the office operational function.
We are looking for a highly organised, friendly and professional Office/HR Manager to be the welcoming heart of our primary school. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and HR experience, a calm and proactive approach, and a genuine passion for working in an education setting. You will manage the day-to-day running of the school office, oversee HR processes, support staff and leadership, and ensure systems run smoothly and compliantly. Excellent communication skills, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle competing priorities are essential, as is a warm manner when working with children, families, and staff. In return, you’ll join a supportive school community where your role is valued and your work makes a real difference every day.
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer you:
• You will become a member of a school staff who are supportive, successful and committed to setting high standards.
• Access to Perks at Work scheme, which offers loyalty rewards and discounts from high street stores from your Day 1.
• Salary sacrifice scheme allowing you access to IT, Tech equipment & Bicycles with directs savings.
• Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family, offering confidential support with Health Assured. Services offered include:
• Unlimited access to counselling for emotional problems & a pathway to structured telephone counselling.
• Face to face counselling, legal information (employee’s only).
• Bereavement support / medical information / CBT online & access to the Health Portal / App.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
The Office / HR Manager is to make sure that the effective and efficient administration supports the strategic aims and day-to-day operation of the school and lines manages all administrators with the office operational function.
We are looking for a highly organised, friendly and professional Office/HR Manager to be the welcoming heart of our primary school. The successful candidate will have strong administrative and HR experience, a calm and proactive approach, and a genuine passion for working in an education setting. You will manage the day-to-day running of the school office, oversee HR processes, support staff and leadership, and ensure systems run smoothly and compliantly. Excellent communication skills, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle competing priorities are essential, as is a warm manner when working with children, families, and staff. In return, you’ll join a supportive school community where your role is valued and your work makes a real difference every day.
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer you:
• You will become a member of a school staff who are supportive, successful and committed to setting high standards.
• Access to Perks at Work scheme, which offers loyalty rewards and discounts from high street stores from your Day 1.
• Salary sacrifice scheme allowing you access to IT, Tech equipment & Bicycles with directs savings.
• Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family, offering confidential support with Health Assured. Services offered include:
• Unlimited access to counselling for emotional problems & a pathway to structured telephone counselling.
• Face to face counselling, legal information (employee’s only).
• Bereavement support / medical information / CBT online & access to the Health Portal / App.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.