Human Resources Manager

Worth School; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary scale

Employee assistance programme

Meal provision

Enhanced pension contribution

Free parking

Social events

Discounted school fees

Job summary

Worth School in England seeks a dynamic Human Resources Manager to lead a high-quality HR service aligned with our Catholic co-educational community.

Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, you will oversee HR operations, ensure compliance with employment law, safeguarding, payroll, learning and development, and delivering a forward-thinking people strategy. A CIPD Chartered Member with proven leadership in complex environments is essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate calibre with CIPD Chartered Membership.
• Proven HR management experience in a complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing budgets and leading teams.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and safer recruitment practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the HR team to deliver an effective, high-performing HR service.
• Partner with senior leaders to support organisational strategy and performance.
• Ensure compliance with employment law, safeguarding, and safer recruitment practices.
• Oversee HR operations including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits and data.
• Deliver learning and development initiatives, training and induction, and enhance rewards.
• Manage departmental budgets and provide HR insights and reporting.

Skills

HR leadership

Budgeting

UK employment law knowledge

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

CIPD Chartered Membership

Tools

Payroll systems

HR information systems

Job description

Human Resources Manager

About the Role

Worth is seeking a dynamic and experienced Human Resources Manager to lead a high-quality HR service that supports our organisational goals and safeguards our community.

Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, you will oversee and contribute to the HR function, drive best practice in people management, and help ensure Worth continues to attract, develop and retain top talent.

This leadership role focuses on delivering a high-quality, compliant and forward-thinking HR service.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the HR team to deliver an effective, high-performing HR service
• Partner with senior leaders to support organisational strategy and performance
• Ensure compliance with employment law, safeguarding, and safer recruitment practices
• Oversee all aspects of HR operations including:
  • Recruitment and onboarding
  • Employee relations (disciplinaries, grievances, restructures, tribunals)
  • Payroll, benefits and workforce data
  • organisational learning and development initiatives, including training and induction
  • deliver and enhance the reward and benefits offering
• Manage departmental and staffing budgets
• Provide HR insights, metrics and reporting to inform decision-making

About You

You will be a confident and credible HR leader with strong operational expertise.

Essential

• Graduate calibre with CIPD Chartered Membership
• Proven HR management experience in a complex organisation
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience managing budgets and leading teams
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and safer recruitment practices

Desirable

• Experience within an education or independent school environment
• Experience managing payroll and HR systems
• Experience in leading and delivering projects
• Strong coaching and people development skills

Personal Attributes

• High attention to detail and strong analytical mindset
• Commercial awareness and sound judgement
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams
• Integrity, professionalism and resilience
• Flexible, proactive and solutions-focused approach

• generous salary scale
• employeeassistanceprogramme
• mealprovisionand
• enhanced pension contribution
• free parking
• socialeventsand
• discounted school fees

Worth isa highly successfulco-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 550 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.

Closing date for applications:31st October 2026*

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding ofchildren,all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview andDBSand other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975,(2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in theDBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.