HR Advisor

St Edward's School, Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual holiday

Free meals

Free Nuffield Health Gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

St Edward's School, Oxford is looking for a full-time HR Advisor to join their busy HR team. In this role, you will provide vital HR support across the school and assist with employee relations matters.

The ideal candidate will have previous HR experience, and be working towards a CIPD Level 3 qualification. The school offers an attractive benefits package including generous holiday entitlement, free meals, and gym membership.

This position emphasizes a commitment to safeguarding children and creating a diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• Previous HR experience providing managerial advice.
• Good understanding of employment law and HR best practices.
• Experience in a school or similar environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR advice and guidance.
• Support employee relations matters, including absence management.
• Maintain accurate employee records and produce HR reports.
• Support recruitment activities and HR projects.

Skills

HR advice

Employee relations

Record maintenance

Compliance with employment law

Education

CIPD Level 3 qualification

Job description

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

St Edward’s has an exciting opportunity for a HR Advisor to join its busy, supportive HR team and play a key role delivering a responsive, high-quality HR service across the school.

As HR Advisor, you will be a trusted first point of contact for managers and staff, providing day to day HR advice and guidance. You will support a range of employee relations matters, including absence management, probation reviews, disciplinary and grievance processes, whilst helping to ensure policies and procedures are applied fairly, consistently and in line with best practice.

You’ll also play an important role in the smooth delivery of HR operations. Responsibilities will include preparing contracts and correspondence, maintaining accurate employee records, supporting payroll changes, producing HR reports and supporting recruitment activities during busy periods. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to HR projects, process improvements and staff engagement initiatives.

You’ll bring previous HR experience of providing advice to managers, maintaining accurate HR records and supporting with employee relations matters. You should have, or be working towards, a CIPD Level 3 qualification, with a good understanding of employment law, ACAS guidance and HR best practice.

Experience in a school or similar environment would be helpful, but what matters most is that you are organised, professional, committed to safeguarding and keen to develop your HR career in a supportive, values‑led setting.

In return, St Edward’s offers an attractive benefits package including:

• A friendly and inclusive working environment
• 30 days annual holiday entitlement
• Free meals
• Free Nuffield Health Gym membership (including membership for your partner and children under the age of 21)
• Free on-site car parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Defined contribution pension scheme with Scottish Widows. The standard employee contribution rate is 5% with the employer contributing 8%. From 1st September 2022, enhanced contributions by the employee will be matched by the employer, up to the cap of 12%

St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.