Director for Human Resources and Organisational Development Weymouth, England
Job description
Weymouth College
Director for Human Resources and Organisational Development
Who we are:
Weymouth College is a General Further Education College situated on the stunning Jurassic coastline in Dorset. With c. 2100 learners and 450 members of staff, the College is a major employer in the area and makes a significant impact on the lives and future prospects of its learners who travel from across the county to study with us. We are an ambitious college offering a broad learning opportunity to our students who are at the heart of all we do. With aspiring growth plans of the College, there has never been a better time to join this exciting organisation.
Our job opportunity:
The College is seeking to appoint an experienced HR professional to fill the role of Director for Human Resources and Organisational Development. Ambitious and motivated you will be leading a strong and committed HR team in the delivery of a transformational, customer focussed HR&OD service across the College.
Key people priorities and deliverables include the implementation of vital operational elements of the HR strategy, transformational and transactional responsibilities as well as ensuring the college is up to date and compliant with best practice in HR and Safeguarding regulations. There will be a particular emphasis on working with senior leadership team colleagues to deliver cultural change across the organisation and full implementation and embedding of our ITrent system to optimise capability and functionality.
Continuous improvement and review are a large part of this role as we strive to be the best that we can be as we improve business processes and management information in relation to the employee life cycle. The responsibilities also include developing policies and procedures, leading the recruitment function, leading on employee relation casework, undertaking project work as appropriate.
A strong influencer with the ability to build relationships at all levels, you will work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that HR service delivery plans and policies provide business focused solutions which meet the needs of the College. You will be both a strategic and operational HR generalist with experience of working in a complex organisation, ideally with education or public sector experience.
This is an exciting period of change for the College, so if you are flexible and adaptable at finding ways to make change happen, and are looking for a leadership role that will provide challenge, development and the opportunity to make a difference this could be the right opportunity for you.
If you are looking for part time employment please advise what hours you would be seeking.
Our employee offer:
Dorset is a great place to live and work with 95 miles of stunning coastline and a wealth of cultural, historical and interesting activities. We offer a fantastic range of employee benefits, with your wellbeing at the heart of our workplace culture, which is friendly, collaborative and creative:
- Strong support for continual learning and development with dedicated CPD learning days and access to college learning opportunities
- Reduced nursery fees at our on-site nursery, Jelly Babies
- Generous annual leave entitlement and additional 2-week Christmas closure
- Family friendly policies
- Access to generous pension schemes
- Access to our leisure and wellbeing facilities including a sports programme and gym and reduced priced wellbeing treatment as well as a comprehensive wellbeing offer for employees
- Free car parking and excellent catering facilities
How to apply:
For an informal discussion please contact Rob Cole 07970 042721
To apply please visit Job Vacancies - Weymouth College
Closing Date: 3rd July 2023
Interview Date: 10th July 2023
Weymouth College values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Weymouth College will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
