People Services Lead: Operations, Compliance & Experience

Dorset Council; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Coastland College in Weymouth is seeking an exceptional People Services Team Lead to drive a modern, compliant and customer‑focussed service across the organisation. You will lead the People Services Team, overseeing employee lifecycle, safeguarding, safer recruitment, payroll changes and HR systems to deliver accurate, timely and valuable support for managers and colleagues.

This role strengthens governance, improves processes and underpins an outstanding employee experience across Coastland

Qualifications

• Experience leading a People, HR or operations team.
• Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes and payroll administration.
• Experience in regulated environments with safeguarding and safer recruitment.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive in improving processes and service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the People Services Team to deliver high performance and excellent service.
• Oversee employee lifecycle processes: onboarding, changes, probation, leavers.
• Ensure payroll changes are processed accurately and timely.
• Manage safeguarding compliance and SCR maintenance.
• Oversee safer recruitment processes and policy implementation.
• Drive continuous improvement in People policies and service standards.
• Produce workforce metrics and management information for decisions.
• Collaborate with People Partners, Finance and managers across the College.

Skills

People leadership

HR operations

Compliance

Payroll

Stakeholder management

Data & MI

HRIS

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Coastland College in Weymouth is seeking an exceptional People Services Team Lead to drive a modern, compliant and customer‑focussed service across the organisation. You will lead the People Services Team, overseeing employee lifecycle, safeguarding, safer recruitment, payroll changes and HR systems to deliver accurate, timely and valuable support for managers and colleagues.

This role strengthens governance, improves processes and underpins an outstanding employee experience across Coastland