Senior HR Manager - Maternity Cover (Education)

GDST; Ealing; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free staff lunches

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff wellbeing activities

Job summary

Notting Hill & Ealing High School - GDST is seeking an experienced HR Manager on a 15-month fixed-term maternity-cover contract in London. You will provide expert HR guidance, lead HR processes, and support managers with complex employee-relations issues while ensuring recruitment, onboarding and payroll data are managed to high standards.

The role offers senior-level access to influence the HR function, in collaboration with GDST central HR, and aims to deliver a robust, compliant HR service

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified with hands-on HR generalist experience.
• Experience advising on employee relations at senior/middle management.
• Strong ability to design HR processes and manage payroll data.

Responsibilities

• Provide accessible, confident HR advice to managers and colleagues.
• Build positive relationships and strengthen the HR service across the School.
• Review HR systems and implement practical improvements.
• Collaborate with Finance to strengthen HR/payroll interfaces and data accuracy.
• Advise on recruitment, onboarding, safer recruitment and SCR compliance.
• Use HR data to identify risks, opportunities and emerging issues.

Skills

HR generalist

CIPD qualified

Employee relations

Recruitment

Onboarding

Payroll handling

HR records

Tools

SCR (Single Central Record)

HR systems

Payroll systems

Job description

Notting Hill & Ealing High School - GDST is seeking an experienced HR Manager on a 15-month fixed-term maternity-cover contract in London. You will provide expert HR guidance, lead HR processes, and support managers with complex employee-relations issues while ensuring recruitment, onboarding and payroll data are managed to high standards.

The role offers senior-level access to influence the HR function, in collaboration with GDST central HR, and aims to deliver a robust, compliant HR service