Interim HR Advisor - London, United Kingdom - John Dewey Specialist College (Area 51 Education Ltd)

Description

• To build and develop effective working relationships within the organisation and to provide support and guidance on all HR related matters.
• To support leaders, offering advice and support on complex, sensitive and sometimes contentious employment related issues.

• Fri up to 18.5 hours

• To provide high quality, efficient and customer focussed HR advisory service to our organisation on a range of HR policies and procedures in relation terms and conditions of employment, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and organisational policies.
• To provide HR advice and support in relation to discipline and grievance, recruitment and selection, sickness absence, performance management, organisational change and training and development in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures.
• Work with senior leaders/managers to ensure effective monitoring of sickness absence in accordance with the organisation's policy and to facilitate a proactive approach to absence management to help achieve the organisation's targets.
• Undertake all required HR project work and assist with and where appropriate lead on staffing restructures across the organisation, ensuring that the restructures are legally compliant and in line with organisation policy.
• Take responsibility for the implementation of all HR policy, ensuring that all HR issues are dealt with within the relevant timescales, and to provide written and verbal responses to ad hoc queries from managers and employees.
• Ensure the organisation has appropriate and effective HR systems in place in accordance with agreed policies.
• Provide advice and guidance in relation to recruitment of organisation staff and recruitment processes, ensuring Safer Recruitment processes are followed.
• Providing advice and guidance on pay and reward structures and procedures to leaders and the Governing Body in accordance with the organisation's Pay Policy and legislative requirements e.g. equality and diversity.
• Ensure HR policies and procedures are reviewed and updated, reflecting both good practice as well as legislative requirements, and the needs of the organisation
• Prepare and present HR and workforce reports for senior leaders and Governors on organisation demographics and data, sickness absence management and casework where required.
• Support the development of strong communication and feedback channels with all staff and through a variety of mechanisms, such as the Organisation HR Bulletin and employee surveys, to support employee engagement.
• Ensure all data on manual and computerised records is accurate and up to date, including the single central register, and provide accurate and timely reports as and when required.
• Liaise with the organisation's legal provider and other staff where appropriate on certain cases, according to respective expertise and support and attend Tribunal Hearings as and when required.

• Promote the organisation's values and act as a role model for the organisation at all times.
• Be aware of key college plans, policies and procedures, especially the College Improvement Plan, Staff Code of Conduct, Behaviour Policy, Health and Safety Procedures, Data Protection and Adult Safeguarding Procedures.
• Take part in the appraisal process in order to identify and agree development and training needs.
• Undertake such training as may be required to enable you to provide the college with effective support and ensuring that HR knowledge is up to date, including legislation, best practice and trends in HR especially across the education sector.
• Work flexibly and outside of your contracted hours on occasions
• Respect confidentiality at all times.

The person specification sets out the criteria to be used in determining whether an individual is likely to be able to undertake the duties in the job description.

• Hold GCSE (A-C) or equivalent in English and Maths.
• A degree or equivalent higher education qualification.
• CIPD Associate Diploma, or currently working towards this or an equivalent qualification relevant to HR and people management.
• Willingness to attend training as appropriate and relevant to the post, within and outside of college.

• A minimum of 3 years' experience in an HR setting, preferably in a service industry.

• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Strong IT skills and handson knowledge of online HR systems.
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team and form effective working relationships at all levels of the organisatio