Senior HR Adviser

Royal Borough of Greenwich; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Royal Borough of Greenwich is seeking a Senior HR Adviser (Schools) to provide professional HR guidance to a group of schools for a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave. You will act as the HR link officer for school leaders, delivering timely, customer-focused advice and interventions in line with council requirements.

The ideal candidate will have CIPD qualification or be part-qualified, or have at least two years of relevant experience in an educational environment, with

Formación

• CIPD qualification or part-qualified, or at least two years' HR experience in education.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and employee relations in schools.
• Experience advising Headteachers and school managers.

Responsabilidades

• Provide professional HR advice to schools to support aims and objectives.
• Advise Headteachers and Governing Bodies on complex HR issues.
• Collaborate with HR Manager and school leaders to deliver interventions.

Descripción del empleo

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Job Reference royalgreenwich/TP/1726/1259

Number of Roles:

1

Type of Role:

Fixed-term

12 months

35

Main Location:

Woolwich, London

Closing Date:

20/11/2026

Job Category:

Human resources

Region / Division:

The Woolwich Centre

Directorate:

Resources

Job Introduction

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 years' 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.

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: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

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: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

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.