Responsibilities
as our Head of People Services will include:
1. Ensuring that treatment of employees is consistent with employment law, our leadership charter, and college values and objectives
2. Overseeing the investigation and successful resolution of all employee relations cases including grievance, disciplinary, absence management and organisational change processes in an accurate and timely way, meeting key performance indicators and at all times meeting legal and insurance requirements.
3. Managing own complex ER caseload, providing high quality consistent advice.
4. Devising engaging internal communication channels that promote best employee relations practice and reflect current and emerging legal requirements
5. Using the voices of our colleagues to continually improve their experience, ensuring that we gather and act on employee relations insights at the moments that matter the most.
6. Leading staff recruitment activities and initiatives, anticipating current and future staffing requirements, and pro-actively addressing skills gaps and recruitment challenges.
7. Analysing employee recruitment and employee relations data to identify trends and opportunities to improve the employee experience, performance and culture, working with Executive team, the Head of Organisational Development and other Senior Leadership colleagues to systematically build our employee relations practice to further improve employee satisfaction.
8. Leading projects and management training that delivers consistent employee relations practice in all areas.
*The above list of duties is not exhaustive and is subject to change. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties within the scope and grading of the post.
As our Head of People Services, youll ideally have:
9. A degree level qualification in Human Resources or a related topic
10. A level 5 or above HR qualification appropriate to the role
11. A background in Employee Relations/HR business partner at a sufficiently senior level to afford credibility
12. Experience in leading whole organisation employee relations practice and initiatives
13. A proven track record of leading and developing high performing, proactive and customer focused People Services Team
14. The ability to develop optimum leadership skills and support excellent leadership performance
15. Pro-active identification and implementation of innovative and engaging employee relations solutions
16. A full member of the CIPD
17. Experience of assessing and constructively challenging and supporting performance improvement, utilising coaching, mentoring, negotiation and performance management skills
18. Be able to attend college events, including occasional events that fall outside of normal working hours
19. An understanding of Keeping Children Safe In Education
20. The ability to be able to travel between sites
Benefits you will receive:
As a member of the management team at Bournemouth & Poole College you can expect to receive a market rate salary and excellent benefits including:
21. 36.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays
22. up to 4 days leave during the Christmas closure period
23. Free parking at all of our college sites (where spaces are available)
24. Access to Discount Schemes at multiple retailers
25. Pension options
26. Excellent support and career development