Human Resources Advisor

Human Resources Advisor

Days: Monday to Friday

Hours: 8:30-4:30 or 9:00-5:00pm (hours may vary)

Location: St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust

Are you an experienced HR advisor with a CIPD level five qualification looking for your next role in education? The Supply Register is proud to be working with St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust as a managed service provider. We are recruiting for an experienced, dedicated and proactive individual with previous experience working in a human resource department within the education sector. This role is based within the academy trust’s central team, based at the academy trust’s central offices in Greater Manchester.

Main duties and responsibilities:

–            Support and manage the workflow of HR processes with the HRIS iTrent throughout the employee lifecycle.

–            Provide proactive and on demand support and coaching to line managers across the school portfolio ensuring full compliance with policies and procedures.

–            Contribute to the continuous improvement of Human Resource practices and processes to ensure consistency, fairness and accurate application of these across the Trust.

–            Participate in the creation and evaluation of HR policies and procedures to ensure they are in line with best practices, employment legislation and the Trust’s strategic objectives.

–            Support the development of HR policies and procedures including the roll-out of new policies and create and deliver training to managers.

–            Maintain awareness of current employment legislation and developments within the education sector and ensure changes are made to the current policies ad procedures and applied across the Trust.

–            Give managers and staff expert guidance on implementing HR policies in accordance with employment law and regulations.

–            Support and advise managers on recruitment and retention matters.

–            Manage a range of complex ER casework ensuring effective communication throughout the process with key stakeholders.

–            To support and facilitate HR change processes including handling TUPE processes, redeployment, relocation and redundancy processes.

–            Support the ongoing development of the HRIS iTrent and act as a superuser and point of contact for school.

–            Review and assess the HR metrics data provided by iTrent making recommendations for action as required.

–            Encourage the research, creation and execution of inventive HR projects and contribute to relevant Trust-wide working groups.

–            Liaise with and build relationships with Education trade union representatives.

–            Seek at all times to be effective and efficient and to enhance the quality of the service which the Human Resources team provides.

–            Have an active role in ensuring that the Trust follows safer recruitment processes.

–            Providing guidance on staff safeguarding matters and in accordance with Keeping children Safe in Education.

Professional standards and development

–            Take responsibility for and participating in continuing professional development.

–            Support all the Trust’s policies and ethos.

–            Establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues.

Continuing professional development and formation

–            Undertake any necessary professional development as identified, taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available.

–            Maintain a professional portfolio of evidence to support the Performance, Management/Appraisal process – evaluating and improving your own practice.

General responsibilities

–            Attend and participate in staff/HR meetings, training and briefings as appropriate.

–            Be aware of, and comply with all Trust policies and procedures, particularly those relating to child protection, health, safety and security, financial management, confidentiality and data protection.

–            Contribute to the overall ethos, work, and aims of the Trust.

–            Commitment to the principle of working collaboratively with schools within the St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust.

In return the trust will offer:

–            Salary is paid to scale weekly through PAYE.

–            Support throughout your job role

–            Opportunities for flexible working.

Requirements:

–            Must have an enhanced DBS registered to the Update Service or be willing to apply for one.

–            The selected candidate for this role must have at least a level-five CIPD qualification.

–            Previous experience working in the education sector is desired but not essential.