Great Oaks School
Southampton
£37,280 - £40,778 per year
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
12 September 2025
Job overview
Great Oaks School and Rosewood Free School form part of the Specialist Schools Trust (SST). Great Oaks is a secondary special school for pupils with learning difficulties and Rosewood Free School is a specialist school catering for children with severe or profound learning and physical disabilities.
We are looking to appoint a dedicated and experienced Human Resources professional to work Trust-wide across our school sites in Southampton. The post will be accountable to the Business Leader for Human Resources and Administration for the Trust.
The purpose of the role is to provide an effective and efficient HR administrative and advisory service to the Trust, the Trust Leadership Team and the Business Leader – Human Resources and Administration, and to assist with all aspects of the development and effective operation of the human resources function with the Trust, including that of its extended services, and fulfilling requirements of safer recruitment legislation.
Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8.00 am to 4.00 pm (37.0 hours per week) (one day 3.30 pm finish to be agreed with Business Leader), plus 30 minutes unpaid lunch break. Term time only plus 3 weeks. Grade 8/SCP 26, FTE £37280, pro-rata £34,125 per annum (47.6 weeks).
Closing Date: 12th September 2025
For more information and the application process please visit our school websites.
The Specialist Schools Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with Social Media checks.
About Great Oaks School
Great Oaks School
Vermont Close, Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 7LT
United Kingdom
Great Oaks School is a large secondary school for young people with a range of complex learning difficulties including autism and speech and language difficulties. Our pupils come from all over Southampton as well as many from Hampshire. We are part of the Specialist Schools' Trust, currently comprising Great Oaks and Rosewood Schools.
We aim to put the needs of the young people at our school at the heart of everything that we do and through promoting a growth mindset help to ensure that all pupils irrespective of their learning difficulties or past educational attainment can make real progress and be enabled to succeed.
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