About the Job
🧑 ⚖️ Role | HR Manager
🎯 Areas | People management, employee relations, HR operations, team leadership
📍 Based | London
💻 Remote | Hybrid, two days a week in the office
💰 Offer | £50,000 - £55,000
Hi 👋
Our client is a respected education organisation committed to supporting high quality teaching, learning, and student experience. They are now seeking an experienced HR Manager to lead their people function and manage a team of HR Advisors. The role plays a key part in ensuring staff across academic and support teams receive consistent, high quality HR support.
💥 As the HR Manager, you will:
* Lead and manage a team of HR Advisors, ensuring a high standard of service across the organisation
* Oversee HR operations including onboarding, safer recruitment checks, contract preparation, compliance, and record keeping
* Provide professional advice on employee relations cases, including those relating to academic staff, support staff, and teaching contracts
* Advise managers on performance, absence, conduct, and capability cases, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and sector policies
* Ensure safer recruitment processes are followed in line with education standards and statutory guidance
* Oversee recruitment activity across academic and non academic roles
* Manage the monthly payroll process and ensure precise data submissions
* Maintain and update the HR system, ensuring accurate reporting and data compliance
* Support learning and development initiatives including CPD programmes for teaching and support staff
* Lead on wellbeing and staff engagement activity within the education setting
* Ensure HR policies follow legislative requirements and education specific guidance such as Keeping Children Safe in Education
* Develop strong relationships across departments and act as a trusted HR partner to senior leaders
💥 What we are looking for:
* Strong experience in HR roles within an education, training, or academic environment
* Proven experience managing or mentoring HR Advisors or HR Officers
* Good understanding of safer recruitment, DBS processes, and compliance frameworks within education
* Confident handling complex employee relations cases
* Experience supporting recruitment processes for education based roles
* Excellent communication and people management skills
* Strong organisational ability with a proactive and supportive approach
* Experience using HR systems and managing confidential data
* CIPD Level 5 or above is desirable
💥 What we offer:
* Hybrid working pattern
* Supportive, values led environment
* Professional development and CPD support
* Generous annual leave and pension package
* Opportunities to contribute to wellbeing, inclusion, and staff engagement projects