Senior HR Adviser

Royal Greenwich; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Borough of Greenwich is hiring a Senior HR Adviser focused on schools to provide expert HR guidance. The role supports Headteachers and school managers with complex HR issues and contributes to delivering high-quality HR services for a group of schools.

Applicants should have CIPD qualifications or substantial HR experience, with strong knowledge of employment law and employee relations. The role is a one-year fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.

Qualifications

• Ideally worked in a school or educational setting.
• Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
• Experience in employee relations and collaborating with managers and unions.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice and interventions to a group of schools.
• Act as the HR link officer to Headteachers and school-based managers.
• Assist the HR Manager with high-level operational and complex HR guidance.

Skills

HR Advice

Employee Relations

Recruitment

Learning & Development

HR Policy

Education

CIPD qualification (part/full)

Tools

HR Systems

Job description

Senior HR Adviser - Schools

Our Human Resources & Organisational Development Division is hiring

We are looking to recruit a Senior HR Adviser, with a specific focus on schools. You will either be CIPD qualified/part qualified or a minimum of two year's relevant experience. This role will be one-year fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.

About the role

You will act as the HR link officer, delivering effective, professional, and customer-focussed HR advice and interventions to support the delivery of a group of schools' aims and objectives, in line with Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) requirements. The Senior HR Adviser will be a key adviser to Headteachers and school-based managers and will support the HR Manager in providing high level operational and complex advice to Headteachers and Governing Bodies. Take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification below to see more about the role.

About you

Ideally, you will have worked and/or provided professional HR advice and intervention in a school or within the educational environment. You will have sound knowledge and understanding of best practice human resources management in industrial and employee relations coupled with a thorough understanding of the practical application of current and upcoming employment law. You will have worked in a collaborative environment with managers, employees, and trades unions to achieve staffing-related service delivery improvements. You will have significant experience in Employee Relations, and good knowledge and understanding of other HR areas (e.g., recruitment, learning and development, HR policy and HR systems) and how a joined-up approach is crucial in providing a seamless professional service.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Samantha Dyer (HR Manager) at [e-mail] or 020 8921 5358.

Diversity Statement

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close

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Early Advert Close

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary

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Our Staff Values

Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.