HR Officer

**School HR Officer**

**Hours**:Monday - Friday, 37 hours to 40 hours (full-time)

**Reporting to** - DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND RESOURCES

**Start Date: June 2024 (maternity cover for a year)**

**INTERVIEWS**: ASAP

The Human Resources Manager will manage the overall provision of HR, policies and programs for the Foundation. A key function of this role is the assessment and anticipation of HR related needs, as well as delivering a value added service to management and employees which reflect the business objectives of the Schools.

**Qualifications and Skills**
- The ability to make decisions with rapidly changing priorities, ability to provide leadership by leading by example, inspiring and influencing others, leading and managing change
- Experience using SIMS
- The ability to think ahead and draw up schedules of review and follow-up as necessary
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and strong stakeholder management skills.
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- Ability to work independently
- A creative mind with an ability to suggest improvements.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
- Attention to detail and problem solving skills
- Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word and MS Outlook) database packages and internet systems.
- Experience in HR business or related field and professional membership of CIPD

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Good working knowledge of employment law
- CIPD qualified to level 5
- Demonstrate an understanding of the business aspects of schools
- Change management experience desirable
- Experience of delivering HR projects
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment

**PERSONAL SPECIFICATION**

**Abilities, Skills and Attributes**
- Ability to build and form working relationships

with pupils, parents and colleagues, to work

across operational boundaries
- Be able to manage and lead as well as work as

a member of a team.
- Demonstrate attributes of discretion, tact and diplomacy.
- Show initiative, drive and commitment to ongoing improvement.
- Be articulate and presentable.
- Be creative problem-solver with the ability to think ahead.
- Have good negotiation skills.
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills; with good attention to detail and the ability to use initiative and prioritise workload.
- Demonstrate a co-operative, reliable, customer responsive with a “can do” attitude with good communication skills both on the telephone and in person that allows effective communication at all levels of the school.
- Demonstrate an aptitude and acceptance of working within an environment that has numerous interruptions, changing workload demands and new organisational challenges.
- Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst producing work that is accurate.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have previous experience using SIMS?

**Experience**:

- Human resources: 2 years (required)
- HR Manager/ Officer at a School: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Enhanced DBS (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: HR Officer - East London