Senior HR Adviser - Ref HFL1596
Contract: Permanent x1 and Maternity cover x1
Hours:There is some flexibility in hours for the right candidate. Typically, all roles will work a minimum of between 30 – 37 hours per week, across either 52 weeks or Term Time Only + 2 weeks (40 weeks per year).
Flexibility in working hours may be required, with occasional work outside of core working hours (8:30am – 5:00pm), as per customer and business needs.
Salary: From £35,000 (FTE) per annum, depending on experience.
Location: Hybrid working consisting of remote working and the flexibility to work across educational settings in Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties as required. Working a minimum of 1 day per week from our Head office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and as required to meet business needs.
From time to time, you may be required to work outside normal business hours to support business needs, such as attending briefings and training and will be provided notice.
At HFL Education, we're leaders in HR solutions for the education sector. We believe in delivering exceptional services for our school customers and improving educational outcomes for pupils and children.
We're also proud to provide our employees with exciting opportunities to advance their careers within our supportive and collaborative environment.
We are seeking enthusiastic and proactive Senior HR Advisers to join our team. We currently have two opportunities available: a permanent Senior HR Adviser role with a specialist focus on supporting our GDPR and DPO services, and a fixed term maternity cover Senior HR Adviser role.
The roles are varied, dynamic, and interesting covering the full remit of generalist HR, with significant involvement in the management of complex employee relations casework, as well as supporting our customers with complex projects and consultancy. There are also numerous projects you will lead and own including running an HR forum, project managing HR training events, and leading on our blog presence and thought leadership.
You'll be part of a team that values flexibility and pragmatism and has a heart for making a real difference. Your expertise will empower our school customers to build strong, collaborative teams, ensure a positive impact on both staff and students.
To be suitable for this role you will need to demonstrate an inquisitive, solution-focused dynamic approach to HR practice, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with a range of senior stakeholders.
Our ‘working from anywhere’ approach provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. The ability to reach different locations by car will be essential in this role or by public transport. If you drive, then a full driving licence and appropriate car insurance will be required. As there is a permanent home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.
Benefits: a generous employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after five years) or the equivalent paid for Term Time employees, family-friendly policies, hybrid working, paid mileage, a cycle to work scheme, access to mental health and wellbeing support, professional development opportunities, benefit schemes for discounts and cashback offers, and more.
Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Hena Mahmood or Chris Williams on 01438 544463 or email [email protected] / [email protected]
To apply, email [email protected] with a detailed CV along with a supporting statement to include responses to the following questions, alternately apply via our website: Join our team | HFL Education
- Please provide an example of how you would embed one of HFL core values in this role? Ensuring it aligns with our organisation?
- Explain how you regularly evaluate and adapt your approach to ensure that your responsibilities and actions are in line with the organisations core values and commitment.
- Provide an example of a complex ER case or project you had to communicate or consult with stakeholders.
- Please outline:
- The specific actions you took to manage this situation. How you used HR practices to ensure protocols were followed.
- The outcome of the case or project.
Any learnings you gained from this experience for future situations you may support?
Please indicate in your application the hours you are applying for and if you are seeking a full-year role or part-year role.
As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.
For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above.We would love to hear from you.
The interview process will consist of a 30-minute screening meeting via Teams call with the hiring manager.
Successful applicants from the screening stage will be invited to face to face interview in our Head Office in Stevenage.
As we review applications on a rolling basis, we may close the advert earlier than advertised if we find a suitable candidate. To ensure you don’t miss this opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
We are committed towards becoming an anti-racist organisation, and our recruitment statement is set out below in support of this.
HFL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
HFL is also equally committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Anti-racist position statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in our organisation, our education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any HFL post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.
To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.
Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will expect you to be prepared to discuss unconscious bias with us; we find these conversations more than any others give us all a good idea of what working together will be like.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stevenage SG1 3EE
