Senior HR Manager - Maternity Cover (Education)

GDST (The Girls' Day School Trust); Ealing; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme (GDST)

Employee Assistance Programme

Fee discount for GDST schools

Free staff lunches

Wellbeing activities

Job summary

Notting Hill & Ealing High School – GDST is seeking an experienced HR Manager to cover a 15-month maternity contract. The role focuses on delivering a high-quality HR service, advising senior and middle leaders, and driving improvements across recruitment, onboarding, absence and payroll data within a leading girls’ school.

The post requires CIPD qualification, strong judgement, and the ability to work independently in a busy educational environment.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified HR generalist with the ability to advise senior leaders and manage complex ER issues.
• Experience advising on recruitment, onboarding, absence, and payroll information in a busy school or education setting.
• Strong knowledge of HR compliance, data, and records management (SCR) and effective process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide accessible HR advice to managers and colleagues.
• Strengthen HR systems and processes and improve data quality.
• Advise on employee relations matters at all levels of the school.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and safer recruitment processes.
• Maintain and oversee the School's Single Central Record (SCR).
• Collaborate with GDST central HR to translate advice into local action.

Skills

HR Generalist

Employee relations

Recruitment

Payroll

HR data

Stakeholder management

Policy implementation

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll software

MS Office

Job description

Notting Hill & Ealing High School – GDST is seeking an experienced HR Manager to cover a 15-month maternity contract. The role focuses on delivering a high-quality HR service, advising senior and middle leaders, and driving improvements across recruitment, onboarding, absence and payroll data within a leading girls’ school.

The post requires CIPD qualification, strong judgement, and the ability to work independently in a busy educational environment.