HR Coordinator

Are you an organised, people-focused professional who thrives in a busy environment? Do you want your HR career to make a meaningful difference? Join our academy, a specialist residential and education charity supporting Deaf children and young people from across the UK.

We’re looking for an organised, proactive HR Coordinator to join our team to help keep our people processes running smoothly and ensure every staff member has a positive experience. You’ll be a natural organiser with excellent attention to detail and a calm, friendly approach. You’ll enjoy juggling multiple tasks, driving actions, supporting colleagues, and improving systems where you can. You’ll enjoy using MI systems and learning how systems can make processes work efficiently, ready to be trained in becoming an in‑house super user.

If you’re ready to bring your organisational talent, people skills, and enthusiasm to a role with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

• Coordinate staff training and CPD across the academy
• Support Managers to monitor the compliance of their team’s mandatory training
• Maintain accurate HR records in our HR MIS, supporting the full employee lifecycle
• Prepare HR data and reports for senior leaders
• Provide administrative support for staff forums, surveys, and formal HR meetings
• Support Deaf staff by booking BSL interpreters and arranging BSL translation of HR documents
• Act as a first point of contact through the HR shared mailbox

• Strong administrative experience and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and handle sensitive information
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality
• A resilient, proactive approach and strong team ethic
• Confidence using IT systems (Word, Excel, MIS)
• Commitment to completing Level 3 HR or Business Administration qualification and BSL Level 1 (training provided)
• A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus bank holidays, to be taken mainly outside of term time
• A pension scheme with 8% employer contribution, and a life assurance scheme
• Opportunity for cycle to work scheme, and other benefits
• Supportive employee assistance scheme, and regular health and wellbeing initiatives
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised on‑site lunches for £2.50
• Work with purpose in a values‑driven Deaf education and care charity
• Supportive HR team with training and development opportunities
• Learn British Sign Language and grow your HR career

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4‑9) or equivalent essential

Grade C / 4 or above

Level 3 HR Support or business administration qualification (or equivalent experience to this level) essential

• Experience in delivering high quality administration support essential
• Experience of coordination across multiple project or task work areas essential
• Experience of using management information systems and data processing essential
• Adept at managing multiple tasks and tracking through to completion essential
• Attention to detail and thorough approach to data processing essential
• Ability to handle data and information accurately and securely essential
• Proficient user of IT packages, including Word and Excel essential
• Planning & co‑ordinating activities in conjunction with others essential
• Experience of working within a team and supporting team objectives
• Experience of working in HR or Training Administration role
• Experience of an administrative role in the education, public or charity sector
• Experience of working with others to improve systems and processes

A commitment to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and to following the Academy safeguarding and child protection policy and procedures essential

Proactive and pragmatic, able to seek out what is needed when faced with unclear information or actions essential

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The Deaf Academy
1 Douglas Avenue
Exmouth
Devon
EX8 2AU

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults; as such an enhanced DBS check is required.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).

The Academy is a Disability Committed Employer in promoting diversity and inclusion for all its students and staff. The Academy is also signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant in supporting ex‑service personnel in recognising their skills and experience.