HR Advisor (Maternity Cover) - Temp to Perm
Location: South West London
Contract: Fixed-term maternity cover (March - June )
Salary: £40, - £45, per annum (dependent on experience)
Reporting to: HR Director
Safeguarding: The successful candidate will be required to undertake appropriate safeguarding screening, including references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Working Pattern
1. Term time: 8.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday
2. School holidays: 9.30am - 4.30pm, Monday to Friday
3. This is an allyear role
4. Term time: on-site role
5. School holidays: hybrid working available (3 days on-site / 2 days from home)
About the Role
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR Advisor to join a busy and collaborative HR function on a maternity cover basis. This is a varied generalist role, supporting staff across the full employee lifecycle while ensuring robust recruitment, compliance and safeguarding practices.
You will work closely with the HR Director, acting as a first point of contact for HR and recruitment queries, providing high-quality advice and administrative support, and contributing positively to the wider organisational community.
Key Responsibilities
6. Coordinate internal and external recruitment processes, including advertising, interview scheduling and candidate liaison
7. Conduct safeguarding interviews and ensure all preemployment checks are completed in line with KCSIE requirements
8. Maintain the Single Central Record (SCR)
9. Manage DBS processes, risk assessments and renewal systems
10. Draft offer letters, contracts of employment and contracts for services
11. Organise supply staff in liaison with the teacher responsible for cover
12. Accurately provide payroll information for starters, leavers and contractual changes
13. Deliver HR inductions and organise ID cards and IT access for new starters
14. Manage support staff appraisals and probation processes
15. Maintain accurate HR records across HR systems and databases
16. Draft a wide range of correspondence including maternity, parental leave, probation, changes to terms and leavers
17. Support subject access requests and management information reporting
18. Support employee relations casework under the guidance of the HR Director, including disciplinary, grievance and capability, sickness, absence, flexible working requests and restructures and consultations
19. Minute meetings as required
20. Coach and support line managers on people management matters
21. Contribute to HR policy reviews
Person specification
22. CIPD Level 3 qualified or equivalent experience
23. Generalist HR advisory experience, including employee relations
24. Managing a complex administrative workload
25. Experience within an education setting
26. Experience with preemployment checks and Single Central Registers
27. Experience using HR systems and MS Office
28. Excellent minutetaking and written communication skills
29. Confident communicator
30. Highly organised with excellent time management
31. Confident managing competing priorities
32. Able to maintain confidentiality at all times
33. Committed to ongoing professional development
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