HR Officer - Schools

Job Description

Salary Band: £34,373 to £37,568Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, permanent.Location: Hybrid (Home and Yate)How youll make a differenceBeing passionate about providing excellent HR advice, guidance, and support, youll make a difference by providing a professional service to both schools and academies and your colleagues.As an HR professional this role provides a fantastic opportunity to come and use your considerable experience in managing and advising on employee relations and casework, supporting schools to achieve their outcomes. Youll join a team who are focussed on providinga high quality, customer driven service in a constantly changing environment.What does an average day look like

• You will be responsible for providing specialist and pragmatic HR guidance and case management support to schools and academies, who purchase support on a traded basis. Schools buy in our services which means a clear customer focus is key. We currentlytrade with over 100 schools and academies across South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and Wiltshire.
• You will play a proactive and supportive role to schools, responding to a range of case management queries including performance management, discipline and grievance, staffing reductions and restructures and sickness absence, with the aim of timely andappropriate risk mitigation for the organisation.
• You will ensure that appropriate consultation with, and involvement of, recognised trades unions and professional associations takes place, to fully support your school clients in their employee relations practices.
• You will provide advice on complex queries from schools including on contracts of employment, conditions of service for teaching and support staff, pay and grading issues and non-discriminatory employment practices.
• You will undertake project work as required, including the development of policies and procedures.
• You will be involved in supporting training for school clients, on a range of HR related issues.

What we need from you:

• You will have a relevant professional qualification (ideally to the Associate Level of CIPD), or an equivalent degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience, with significant experience within an organisation delivering similar services.
• You will have significant, proven experience of providing HR casework support, providing pragmatic HR advice with a focus on achieving outcomes for customers using relevant processes and procedures, with the ability to demonstrate the use of personal initiativeat all times.
• You will have experience of project management and the ability to prioritise your workload.
• You will have well developed influencing and persuading skills and the ability to build and maintain good customer relationships and to deal with people at all levels.
• You will have effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collate and communicate information in a range of formats.
• You will be able to work flexibly, coping with competing demands through good time management, and be able to work under pressure.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.

We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.Weve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference and deliver excellence.Ref: 135 422