HR Manager

Role: HR Manager

Location: North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN

Hours: 36 hours 40 minutes per week (Option to work term time plus 10 days or full year)

Salary: Grade 9 (SCP 36 40) Term time plus 10 days: £40,766 - £44,373/ Full year: £47,181 - £51,356

Employment type: Permanent

Start Date: September 2026

We are looking to appoint a HR Manager to join our dedicated and central leadership team. This is a key strategic and operational role, where you will oversee the delivery of effective HR practices, ensuring high-quality people management, employee support, and compliance across the organisation. To succeed in this role, you will be highly organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining excellent attention to detail. You will have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, the ability to build positive working relationships at all levels, and a commitment to fostering a professional, inclusive, and supportive working environment.

As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to recruitment@theoaktrust.org.uk or please phone The Oak Trust Recruitment Team on 0161 785 5960. Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.

Closing date: Wednesday 2nd July 2026

The Oak Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks.

The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221).