HR Advisor required in a secondary school in Clapham

HR Advisor required for a Secondary School in Clapham. Engage Education Services has specialised in recruiting education staff in all roles for over a decade. We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic HR Advisor to work at a fantastic secondary school in Clapham. Our team has built an excellent reputation in the local area, and we’re looking for more high-quality office staff to work with these schools.

Overview

About the role: The role is 3 days a week, 8am till 4:30pm.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the day-to-day HR service provision, working collaboratively with the academy’s People Business Partner and Centralised People support service.
• Manage the HR Information System and payroll information to ensure that electronic employee records are accurate and up to date and which meets Ofsted standards. This will include responsibility for data entry, regular and ad hoc reporting, and an annual data cleansing exercise.
• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date Single Central Register (SCR) in accordance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Regulations and Ofsted.
• Line manage the HR and Operations Administrator, ensuring effective performance management, professional development, and the smooth execution of administrative tasks.
• Prepare monthly payroll spreadsheets with any changes to pay, inform of new starters and leavers and to submit to the Finance Manager, Principal and the external payroll provider.
• Process Teacher’s Pensions and keep accurate records.
• Provide generalist HR advice to line managers to ensure compliance with employment legislation as well as positive employee relations, referring to HR as necessary.
• Provide day to day support and advice to employees in all HR matters referring to HR as necessary.
• Lead on the school workforce census annual collation of data and submission, with support from the Data Officer.
• Produce a range of HR letters and correspondence (e.g., variation to contract letters, maternity, holiday entitlement) from standard templates.
• Support with Disciplinary, Grievance, Capability and Appeal processes, including organising meetings, preparing packs for attendees, note taking and outcome letters.
• Monitor and process fixed term contracts, staff changes, and staff leaving documentation and arrange exit interviews.
• Support managers in robustly managing and supporting employees in line with the Network HR Policies, including liaising with Occupational Health, and other outside agencies, seeking guidance from Arks Central HR advisory service as appropriate.
• Co-ordinate the annual Appraisal process, ensuring that managers complete meetings and associated appraisal records effectively and timely.
• Co-ordinate the staff induction process and ensure the probation process is managed effectively.
• Monitor and manage sickness absence and keep accurate records and documentation.
• Manage the provision of Supply Teachers / Supervisors for the school with daily notifications for all staff.
• Administer absence reporting and recording processes, ensuring that all absence is reported, recorded, and followed up on with the relevant line manager in accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures.
• Ensure all academy data is in line with GDPR requirements.