Are you looking for a 12-month assignment who is ready to make a difference and bring expertise to our central HR team? In this pivotal role, you will deliver high-quality, centralised support to our Leaders and employees across the Trust, playing a key role in how we manage, support, and empower our people.
This role is part of a centralised HR team however, HR Advisors are based in a school setting.
Hours: 37 hours per week/52 weeks per year (on site only)
What’s on offer
- A 12 month assignment in an energised and professional HR team.
- Access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme.
- Public sector benefits.
- Development with continuous training for a future in HR.
- Evolving and forward-thinking HR department.
- A range support for colleagues.
We are unable to sponsor this role.
Overview of what you will be doing
- Provide centralised expert advice and guidance to Leaders on a wide range of employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence. Ensuring fairness and alignment with employment law and company policies.
- Deliver centralised HR support by building trusted relationships, maintaining consistency in approach and collaborating closely with the People Director.
- Attend and support formal hearings (disciplinary, grievance, capability) as the HR representative, ensuring due process is followed and outcomes are documented appropriately.
- Develop your skills and expertise by contributing to HR related projects and initiatives in line with the wider People Strategy.
- Ensure the school you are allocated is complaint in all aspects of employment in the end-to-end employment lifecycle.
- Support organisational change activity including restructures, role design and redundancy, preparing supporting documentation and guiding Leaders, unions and employees through each stage.
- Contribute and support the People Director review and continuous improvement of HR policies, procedures and templates, ensuring alignment with current legislation and best practice.
- Complete end to end recruitment and ensure educational compliance.
- Prepare reports and analyse HR data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement as required, escalate findings to the People Director.
- Provide coaching to Leaders on HR policies and best practice people management, building confidence and capability in handling employee matters effectively as required.
- Ensure compliance with Trust HR policies, values and guidelines and other relevant standards/ regulations at all times.
- This role maybe based at any school and you may need to travel between schools.
Qualifications and experience
- CIPD level 3 or above/or equivalent HR qualification.
- HRIS system use (ideally iTrent (MHR) but not essential).
- 1 years’ experience of working in a HR Department in either a HR Officer or HR Advisor role.
HOW TO APPLY
Please complete an application form and cover letter which is located on the Salterns Academy Trust website or request an application form from [email protected]. To unlock the application from please accept the privacy lock located on the page. To comply with education requirements applications forms must be detailed and fully completed and sent to [email protected]. We are unable to accept CV applications.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
Important information
The Salterns Academy Trust and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people 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 checks along with other relevant employment checks including an online check.
Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
You are applying for a role that is eligible for an enhanced DBS check and access to the barred list and if shortlisted for interview you will be required to complete the relevant self-declaration and disclosure form and taking into account the offences that are protected or filtered declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
- All spent convictions and adult cautions 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 2020).
- If you have been barred from working with Children and/or Adults at risk.
The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate. The successful candidate will then be asked to complete an application for the relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check or if subscribed to the update service provide the necessary details to allow a check to be made.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The filtering rules were updated on 28 November 2020 as follows:
- Warnings, reprimands, and youth cautions will no longer be automatically disclosed on a DBS certificate.
- The multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than all being automatically disclosed.
Pay: £32,061.00-£36,363.00 per year
Application question(s):
- Do you have a CIPD level 3 or equivalent/higher HR qualification?
- Do you have experience of at least 1 year as a HR officer or HR Adviser?
- Are you able to travel between schools and work on site 5 days per week?
Work Location: In person
