Senior HR

**Twynham School**
Dorset£31,728 - £35,715 per year

**Salary**:

Support staff salary points 24 - 29 £34,314 to £38,626 (FTE) £31,728 to £35,715 (pro rata) With a pay award pending**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent**Start date**:

03 September 202529 July 2025**Job overview**:
**About the Post**

We are looking to appoint a Senior HR & Welfare Officer to join us in an exciting and progressive journey with a vision to transform education across our community. Twynham School and The Grange School (known collectively as Twynham TGS) operate a federated staffing structure, focused on delivering a world class educational experiences to students across both of our schools. This is a rare opportunity to join our organisation working alongside talented and passionate colleagues.**We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to**:

- Be available as a first point of contact for staff and line managers on a wide variety of people-related topics
- Offer day-to-day support, guidance and advice to staff and line managers who are experiencing issues which are impacting upon their work-life. Signposting them to relevant support/services, and delivering mental health first aid for staff if needed.
- Lead and manage the schools’ informal staff attendance management and staff risk assessment processes, including making referrals to Occupational Health.
- Supported by our HR Administrator, be responsible for the delivery of all the schools’ general operational HR requirements, including recruitment, Single Central Record, contract changes, probation periods and HR recordkeeping.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.

**What we can offer you**
- Automatic membership of the Dorset Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free, confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a range of counselling services plus financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues and access to online health and wellbeing resources
- A trust-wide intranet, where we share our news, information and resources
- Local discounts negotiated on behalf of our staff e.g. gym memberships, hair and beauty salons, chiropractic care, cycle shops, restaurants, motoring services, and retail/DIY stores
- Access to national discounts on a wide variety of huge brands
- A welcoming staff room with complimentary tea and coffee available throughout the day
- Free on-site parking
- The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a progressive multi-academy trust with a specialist HR team in place to advise and support school-based HR staff
- The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of the South Coast

**Who we are looking for**

**We would love to hear from you if you have**:

- A successful track record of working in HR in a school or education setting.
- GCSE English and Maths grade 4 (grade C) or equivalent qualifications/grades and an excellent standard of English and numeracy.
- CIPD Level 3 qualification (or above), or equivalent relevant HR experience
- Safer recruitment certification (or ability to achieve this upon appointment)
- Mental health first aid qualification (or ability to achieve this during probation period)
- Excellent ICT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with empathy and approachability.
- Self-motivated, able to work unsupervised and able to plan, organise and prioritise to meet deadlines.
- High attention to detail and accuracy; committed to maintaining high standards.
- Ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure.
- Understanding of data protection and confidentiality.

**You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are**:

- Aim high
- Keep improving
- Don’t leave anyone behind
- See the bigger picture
- Inspection report
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**About**Twynham School**:
**Twynham School**
- Sopers Lane, Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 1JF
United Kingdom
- +44 1202 486 237**Executive Headteacher's Welcome**:
Twynham School is an exceptionally special place; a school which believes in the unlimited potential of every child, where people are valued above all and ultimately a place where every child can be successful. Our long-tradition of success is built on two vital pillars; high quality teaching and learning and, most importantly, the value we place on the very special relationships between students and staff.

I feel incredibly honoured to lead such a remarkable school. At Twynham we care about the individual and pride ourselves in the warmth of our community in which all of our students feel valued. Of course examination results matter and at Twynham our students consistently achieve excellent results in all areas giving them access to far-reaching opportunities. However this is just one aspect of Twynham and stude