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HR Manager (maternity cover)
Full time, 52weeks (part-time hours considered)
We are looking for an outstanding HR practitioner capable of leading all aspects of the Human Resources function. In this pivotal role you will guide our leadership team on employment best practices, ensure smooth payroll operations and champion a positive and supportive work environment. Applying policies and navigating regulations you will at the same time foster positive employee relations, manage recruitment and oversee absence management. You will be involved with improving processes across the employee life cycle.
With a demonstrable number of years HR experience, the successful applicant will have excellent communication skills, an eye for detail and be adept at multi-tasking and meeting deadlines. The ability to handle sensitive personnel situations and to work confidentially is essential.
Some Responsibilities:
1. Provision of robust and rigorous leadership and management of the team to ensure outcomes are of high
2. quality and an effective and efficient service is provided at all times.
3. Line manage HR and CPD Assistant by providing support and challenge.
4. Manage all recruitment, including advertising strategies, publishing vacancies, communication with
5. candidates, selection methods through to the organisation, communication and logistics of the interviews.
6. Manage the recruitment budget and to ensure value for money and maximum impact from all adverts placed.
7. To track recruitment success and evaluate impact of recruitment strategies.
8. Create personnel files for new starters, ensuring all documentation from application stage is logged and filed. For all teaching staff ensure records of qualifications are logged and transferred to PHS. To check new teaching staff with the DfE for safeguarding purposes.
9. Ensure all payroll information including new starters, contract changes, leaver, maternity/paternity, overtime, absence and other salary adjustments is submitted accurately and by payroll cut off dates. Review and authorise draft payslips
10. Monitor, approve and check payroll changes and additional payments against the budget, pay policy and DfE guidelines. To ensure effective communication between the school and the payroll provider.
11. Effectively manage sickness absence, including management of the relationship with the School’s Occupational Health advisors.
12. Ensure full record of staff absences are up to date and ready to be reviewed on a monthly basis and presented to the school Governors at all staffing committee meetings.
13. Provide accurate analysis of these records in line with absence management policy and procedure, identifying triggers, for review by the Business Director.
Safeguarding Statement
Parliament Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.