HR Officer

The Hyndburn Academy; Rishton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension

Health Care Cash Plan

Generous Staff Discount

Personal leave days

Job summary

The Hyndburn Academy is seeking an experienced HR Officer to provide administrative and practical HR services for the school. You will handle routine HR advice, transactions, recruitment, inductions and leavers, while ensuring confidentiality and compliance with policy.

You will report to the Cluster HR Manager and work with colleagues across partner academies. The role requires strong organisational skills and proficiency with ICT packages, including iTrent.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HR Officer or similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine HR advice and transactional HR support.
• Oversee onboarding, inductions, probation and leaver processes.
• Advise managers on HR policies and employment law.
• Support investigations and disciplinary processes.
• Maintain HR records and iTrent data accuracy.
• Coordinate Occupational Health provision and reporting.
• Liaise with Accrington Academy and Marsden Heights teams.

Skills

HR knowledge

Confidentiality

Communication

Organisational skills

ICT proficiency

Tools

iTrent

Microsoft Word/Excel

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an experienced HR Officer. The HR Officer will provide a range of administrative and practical HR services to support the effective and efficient running of the school. Providing routine HR advice and processing transactional HR matters including recruitment, new starters and leavers, payroll changes. This role involves a high level of confidentiality, communication and sensitivity. The HR Officer will report into the Cluster HR Manager and work with colleagues at Accrington Academy and Marsden Heights Community College.,

• First point of contact for all HR-related queries, providing timely and professional responses.
• Advise managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and best practices, ensuring compliance with employment law and company policy. For example, performance management, absence and employee relations.
• Support Cluster HR Manager with investigations and disciplinary process.
• Manage the onboarding (including inductions) and probation process for new hires, ensuring all documentation is completed, right to work compliance and inductions are conducted effectively.
• Maintain and update the induction material to reflect changes in the business.
• Advise on any probation concerns raised and supporting managers with extension process.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date HR records, including contracts and files.
• Responsible for HR system accuracy (iTrent) and monthly reporting.
• Coordinate and manage Occupational Health provision, within the school. Ensuring we are tailoring requests to specific absence circumstances
  Be an experienced HR professional
• Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them.
• Someone who has excellent organisational skills and knowledge of different ICT packages available.
• Someone with a high standard of literacy and attention to detail.
  Salary: £25,000-£35,000 (FTE) plus benefits including: Local Government Pension, Health Care Cash Plan, Generous Staff Discount scheme, at least one personal leave day per year.