HR Officer

**Summary**
Looking to develop your skills and experience in an educational environment? Do you have HR experience or an interest in support HR function in schools? We are currently looking to appoint a HR Officer to support our thriving team at Harris Academy Beulah Hill.
**About Us**
Harris Academy Beulah Hill is an extremely popular 11-19 academy. We deliver a broad and challenging curriculum to all our students in a calm and well-ordered environment. We have high expectations of all members of the school community. This is reflected in our consistently high student performance at GCSE, progression to post 16 study at our sixth form and then on to some of the best universities in the country.

Beulah Hill is a wonderful place to learn and teach. We have a very hardworking team of teachers and support staff; they provide a caring and welcoming atmosphere for our students. Beulah Hill is a huge site with close to 8 acres of school buildings, sports halls, gymnasium, tennis courts and large playing fields / athletic track thus providing excellent facilities for our students. The academy also has full-time basketball and football coaches through its partnership with Greenhouse and Kinetic. We have recently invested over £1 million to further improve our outstanding facilities including the development of a state-of-the-art Design Technology room equipped with laser cuter and 3D Printers, Food room and a newly laid sports field to ensure all year-round sporting opportunities. The Academy has a limit of 800 places across Year 7-11. We are unlike other schools; we do not want to expand at this moment in time, in fact we wish to remain small for as long as possible This will ensure a small school where each child is known to staff and a caring environment can be provided.

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
Your responsibilities will include:

- Line management of the Central Administration Manager and Finance Officer, including performance management
- Ensuring that all requests for leave comply with Academy policies and procedures for support staff
- Monitoring attendance and punctuality of all teaching staff, following up causes for concern
- Overseeing the accuracy of staffing data, following up with appropriate action where required
- Overseeing the staff workforce census return
- Liaison with catering company for organisation of Academy events
- Overseeing the work of peripatetic or other casual staff, ensuring they are deployed appropriately, correct safeguarding procedures are followed and pay is organised in liaison with the Finance Officer
- Oversight of the Academy asset register
- Organisation of preferred suppliers
- Oversight of all service level agreements
- Oversight of ensuring the Academy has the correct licensing agreements in place
- Oversight of records of all maintenance contracts
- Overall management of the Academy’s single central record
- Auditing teaching staff sickness records and preparing termly reports
- Organisation and maintenance of confidential staff files
- Carrying out HR tasks including referrals to occupational health, organising interviews with the Executive Principal, liaising with staff representatives as required
- Working closely with Business Manager to produce salary assessments etc;
- Directing staff to the correct source of information regarding pensions, salaries, maternity, grievance, complaints etc
- Assisting with all matters relating to day to day staff welfare and personnel functions
- Maintaining and regularly updating staff contact details and vehicle information
- Updating staff lists, extension numbers and structure charts as necessary

**Qualifications & Experience**
We would like to hear from you if you have:

- Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
- Knowledge of Microsoft software packages
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
- Secure knowledge of HR legislation
- Basic knowledge of financial procedures
- Knowledge of procurement processes
- Knowledge of the key principles of staff management
- Training in the use of a variety of ICT packages
- At least five years’ experience working an office environment
- At least two years' experience of managing a team of staff in a variety of different areas
- Experience of training staff successfully in a range of duties
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of working to targets and deadlines
- Experience of managing meetings
- Experience of developing policies, processes and procedures

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
**Next Steps**

**Professional Development & Benefits**
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career dev