Posted: 19 June
The role
We are looking for an experienced Head of HR to join one of our clients within the education sector on a part-time, term-time only basis.
This is an excellent hybrid opportunity for a senior HR professional who can provide strategic people leadership, operational HR management and expert employee relations support across a multi-site organisation, with a head office in Burntwood.
Offering a salary of £52,413 to £56,647 pro rata, this opportunity will suit someone who is confident leading people strategy, strengthening HR compliance, supporting complex casework and ensuring high-quality people management across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing an effective People Strategy aligned to organisational priorities and long-term objectives
- Providing professional HR leadership, advice and operational support to senior leaders, managers and wider teams
- Ensuring HR policies, procedures and processes remain legally compliant, consistently applied and reflective of best practice
- Managing a portfolio of employee relations casework, including performance, disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, absence management and investigations
- Maintaining accurate HR records, contracts, correspondence, safeguarding checks and workforce information in line with confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Supporting effective union engagement, consultation processes and external HR/legal adviser relationships where required
- Working collaboratively with payroll, pensions, operations and health and safety colleagues to support effective service delivery and compliance
About You:
- Experience in a senior HR role, ideally within education, public sector, charity, not-for-profit or another regulated environment
- Strong knowledge of employment law, HR policy, employee relations casework and organisational people processes
- Confident advising senior leaders and line managers on complex HR matters, using sound judgement and maintaining high levels of confidentiality
- Hold a relevant professional HR qualification, or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills
Additional Information
- Part-time, 0.6 FTE, 22.5 hours per week
- Term-time only
- Hybrid working arrangement
If you are looking for a senior HR opportunity where you can shape people strategy, support organisational development and make a meaningful impact across an education-focused organisation, we would be pleased to hear from you.
James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.
At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
