HR Manager

Camden Learning; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Camden local authority pension schemes

Staff wellbeing packages

Cycle-to-work schemes

External advisory backing

Job summary

Camden Learning is seeking a campus HR Manager to take operational ownership of our HR landscape and guide senior leadership with the support of Camden HR. You will manage recruitment and onboarding and ensure workforce practices run smoothly across two school environments.

This role requires strong HR generalist experience, up-to-date UK employment law knowledge, and exceptional interpersonal skills. A proactive, autonomous professional will thrive here, with access to hybrid/offsite working

Qualifications

• We expect a confident HR professional who thrives in a varied, autonomous role and brings both technical capability and strong emotional intelligence.
• Proven HR Generalist Experience in education/public sector is ideal.
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law, employee relations, and safeguarding principles.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with discretion, empathy and diplomatic firmness.
• Ability to prioritise workload across two busy school environments.
• Proficiency in Google Drive Suite and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary liaison between school leadership, unions, and Camden HR advisors for employee relations and policy implementation.
• Coordinate end-to-end safer recruitment, draft adverts, oversee candidate pipelines, onboarding, and SCR compliance.
• Manage absence procedures, support line managers through capability and disciplinary processes, and oversee appraisal cycles and probation reviews.
• Champion staff wellbeing initiatives including health referrals, Employee Assistance Programs, and cycle schemes.
• Ensure HR data, contracts and policies comply with employment law, safeguarding standards and data protection guidelines.

Skills

HR Generalist

Employment Law

Communication

Autonomy

Tech proficiency

Tools

Google Drive Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

As our campus HR Manager, you will take operational ownership of our HR landscape. Backed by the expertise and model policies of Camden HR, you will provide clear guidance to senior leadership, manage recruitment and onboarding, and keep our workforce practices running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational HR Lead: Serve as the primary liaison between school leadership, trade unions, and Camden HR advisors for employee relations, casework, and policy implementation.
• Talent & Recruitment: Coordinate end-to-end safer recruitment, draft adverts, oversee candidate pipelines, manage onboarding, and maintain strict compliance across our Single Central Record (SCR).
• Employee Relations & Performance: Manage absence procedures with care and clarity, support line managers through capability/disciplinary processes, and oversee annual appraisal cycles and probation reviews.
• Staff Wellbeing: Champion initiatives that make our campus an exceptional place to work, including Occupational Health referrals, Employee Assistance Programmes, and health/cycle schemes.
• Compliance & Records: Ensure all HR data, contracts, and policies comply with current employment law, safeguarding standards, and data protection guidelines.

About You

• We are looking for a confident HR professional who thrives in a varied, autonomous role and brings both technical capability and strong emotional intelligence.
• Proven HR Generalist Experience: A solid track record in generalist HR, ideally within an educational, public sector, or local authority framework.
• Strong Knowledge Base: Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law, employee relations, and safer recruitment/safeguarding principles.
• Communication & Resilience: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to handle delicate situations with discretion, empathy, and diplomatic firmness.
• Autonomy & Organisation: Ability to prioritise your own workload across two busy school environments
• Tech-Savvy: Proficient in Google Drive Suite and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

What the school offers its staff

• Flexibility: A structured 3-day working pattern with options for negotiable hybrid/offsite working arrangements
• Support: Expert external advisory backing via Camden HR, ensuring you are never working in isolation.
• Culture: A deeply supportive, values-driven team environment where employee wellbeing is genuinely prioritised.
• Benefits: Access to Camden local authority pension schemes, staff wellbeing packages, cycle-to-work schemes.

Flexible working opportunities

A structured 3-day working pattern with options for negotiable hybrid/offsite working arrangements. Negotiated at interview to suit the candidate.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be committed to safeguarding and required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check, pass all safer recruitment checks.