HR Officer

Teaching Vacancies; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local academy in Shrewsbury seeks an experienced HR professional to provide an effective HR service. The role includes managing employee relations and ensuring professional communication with all stakeholders. Candidates must demonstrate leadership, effective communication, and organizational skills. This position offers a competitive salary and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to the School Advisory Service

Continuing Professional Development

Local Authority Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and communicate professionally with all employees and external parties.
• Proven skills in managing employee relations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional HR service across the academy.
• Liaise with stakeholders, trustees, staff, students, and parents.

Skills

Ability to lead and motivate staff

Effective communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Good listening skills

Confidentiality and tact

Honesty and integrity

Ability to work under pressure

Proactive

Confident

Positive and motivated

Job description

Overview

The purpose of this post is to effectively provide a professional HR service across the academy via the implementation of appropriate people management processes and practices and the effective management of any employee relations matters.

The successful candidate will be expected to work on their own initiative and have the ability to communicate professionally, courteously and politely with all members of staff at Severndale Academy and all external parties.

The role involves liaising professionally, courteously, and politely with all stakeholders, trustees, members of staff, students, and parents.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional HR service across the academy via the implementation of appropriate people management processes and practices and the effective management of employee relations matters.
• Communicate professionally with all staff and external parties, and liaise with stakeholders, trustees, staff, students, and parents.

Skills required

• Ability to lead and motivate staff to achieve the request business results.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Confidentiality, tact and diplomacy and sensitivity in dealing with staff and student issues.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Ability to work under pressure and with conflicting demands and deadlines.
• Proactive with ability to use own initiative.
• Confident
• Positive and motivated

What the school offers its staff

• Salary range Grade SO1. SCP 23-25. Starting from £17.85 per hour.
• 37 hours per week for 52 weeks of the year
• Generous annual leave entitlement, starting from 25 days per year increasing to 33 days with long service.
• Monday – Thursday Start: 7.30am/Finish: 3.30pm
• Friday – start: 7.30am/Finish:3.00pm
• Access to the School Advisory Service & Bike to work scheme
• Continuing Professional Development & Local Authority Pension Scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.