At a Glance
- Tasks: Support schools with HR queries, recruitment, and employee relations in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join a diverse council committed to inclusivity and community support.
- Benefits: Flexible hybrid working, competitive pay, and opportunities for personal growth.
- Other info: Guaranteed interviews for care experienced leavers and Welsh speakers.
- Why this job: Make a difference in education while gaining valuable HR experience.
- Qualifications: Strong organisational skills and IT proficiency; Welsh language skills are a plus.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
A temporary opportunity has arisen working on the Education and Schools HR Team. You would be providing a HR service to some of the primary and secondary schools within Rhondda Cynon Taf and a number of central educational support services including Access and Inclusion, Catering Services, Central South Consortium, Attendance and Wellbeing Services and Transformation, Admissions and Governance.
You will support and provide advice and guidance to an allocation of Schools and Service Areas in matters including:
- Recruitment and selection
- Conditions of service queries
- Management of sickness absence cases including undertaking welfare visits
- Assisting with discipline/grievance minute taking
- Processing maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
Your role will be to be the first point of contact for these services, taking operational Human Resources queries and providing a timely appropriate response in line with HR policies and procedures. Therefore, being able to communicate clearly and concisely, being highly organised and working under pressure to deadlines is essential.
You will require strong IT and organisational skills as you will be responsible for processing human resource and payroll information via the iTrent system. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council. In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.
We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
As part of the Council’s corporate parenting role, it is committed to supporting its care experienced leavers. This means anyone who has spent time within the care system at any point in their life. We encourage applications from individuals who are care experienced to enable them to access employment, education, experiences and volunteering opportunities. The Council will guarantee an interview for any care experienced leavers who wish to take part in the scheme who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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