HR Generalist - St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom - Claremont School

Claremont School

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St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Description
HR Generalist Claremont School

Purpose of Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time HR Generalist to join our UK team in providing HR advice and support to Claremont School in East Sussex.

This is a unique opportunity to join a thriving school and the role would suit an experienced HR Advisor or Manager wishing to work full-time.

ISP Principles

Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning.

Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.

Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Providing the school's leadership and management teams with timely advice, guidance and support on employee relations, legislation, HR policies, processes and procedures covering the full employee lifecycle
Guide and coach managers to handle any performance or development issues.
Working with the HR and Leadership Team Assistant to coordinate and draft offers, contracts and contract amendments. Liaising with line managers to draft and update role profiles.
Together with the HR and Leadership Team Assistant, ensuring that the school's HR data is robust and accurate and can be relied upon for payroll and reporting / analytics purposes.
Working with the school leadership team to drive employee engagement and supporting with the administering of pulse and engagement surveys and the running of focus groups to increase insight and formulate action plans.
Responsible for the coordination of onboarding schedules for new joiners and meeting with all new joiners as part of their onboarding to learn from their feedback.
Carry out exit interviews and ensuring a positive offboarding experience, collating, evaluating and reporting on feedback and using this to suggest improvements to the employee offer and experience.
Working with the Head of Business Administration and HR and Leadership Team Assistant to run the monthly payroll, crosschecking as required.
Overseeing the Payroll Provider's management of monthly pay and pension administration, picking up and addressing any issues as appropriate.
Supporting with the creation and updating of local policies, tailoring information to the audience and aligning content to the ISP Principles, policies and brand voice.
Support the HR and Leadership Team Assistant with any necessary follow up in cases of Safeguarding Central Register noncompliance.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Strong generalist HR experience, ideally qualified at CIPD level 5, including general HR advice and support, change management, HR administration and processes and recruitment and selection; experience gained in an educational setting would be a distinct advantage.
Good experience of HR systems and previous experience of running payroll.
Sound knowledge and understanding of UK employment law and data protection legislation, including GDPR.
Ability to recognise and act on the implications of actions and decisions.
Strong influencing and facilitation skills.
A peopleperson with a collaborative approach who enjoys working as part of HR and the wider team.
Strong customer service ethos and the ability to deal with difficult situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
Comfortable working at all levels of the organization.
A selfstarter, with drive and initiative, who is flexible and adaptable in their approach.

ISP Leadership Competencies

You consistently demonstrate and role-model the ISP Leadership Competencies in all that you do.

Collaboration. Takes an active part in leading their school or region; is cooperative and a genuine team player, developing positive, supportive relationships with colleagues to solve problems and maximize opportunities.
Learning & Getting Better. Continually demonstrates personal commitment and passion for learning and getting better using evidence and feedback; supporting others in their continual learning, development and growth.
Innovation Leadership. Is good at creating an environment where ideas for learning initiatives and services are generated and is able to motivate and inspire others through the process of creation through to completion.
Outcome driven. Can be counted on to find solutions. Is consistently looking to exceed goals and is focused on KPIs.
Resilience. Can deal with setbacks and challenges calmly and effectively.
Community Focus. Is