HR Advisor Lingfield, England
Job description
HR Advisor – Lingfield, Surrey
Salary: TBC
Full time – 37 hours per week
Permanent
Hybrid-working available
Would you like to represent St Piers, an incredible place for children with special educational needs and disabilities to thrive?
St Piers School and College are looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our HR team supporting with projects and case management.
Working alongside the People Partners, you will provide hands-on support and advice to managers on all aspects of people management. You will also play a key part in delivering HR projects, so this role will suit someone with a generalist HR background who is adaptable and enjoys variety.
About The Job
As an HR Advisor for St. Piers, you will provide solutions focused advice to managers and employees across the education directorate. You will also support the Head of HR with projects relating to the HR strategy and workforce planning.
You will also…
- Provide HR advice and support across the education directorate, in relation to employee relations and other casework e.g., investigations, disciplinary, grievances, absence management.
- Support the People Partners with all aspects of people management, including employee relations casework. Providing managers with advice and support from early investigation stage through to formal meetings.
- Work collaboratively with other HR colleagues to support employee engagement and retention initiatives
- Provide coaching and guidance managers in the application of HR practice, policies, and procedures.
- Support the HR team with ongoing projects.
- Build professional relationships with key stakeholders
About You
First and foremost, we ask that any potential employee must be passionate about making a genuine difference to the young people we support and putting them at the heart of everything we do.
We would also like to see that you…
- Possess experience of a similar role or equivalent level and ability to hit the ground running.
- Practical experience of providing advice, guidance and coaching to managers in a range of HR matters including investigations, performance management and absence management.
- Ideally possess a CIPD Level 3 or 5.
- Have working knowledge of current employment legislation and HR best practice.
- Able to prioritise and manage own workload with flexibility
- Willingness to attend meetings outside of office hours to accommodate staff shift patterns
- Ability to appropriately challenge, influence and negotiate in a professional manner.
About St. Piers School & College
St Piers School and College is an incredible place for young people with special educational needs and disabilities to thrive.
St Piers sits in the Education Directorate of Young Epilepsy, the leading national charity working exclusively to improve the lives of children and young people with neurological conditions such as Epilepsy, Autism, and associated conditions.
We are a non-maintained residential special school (5-19yo) & college (19-25yo), and we are an innovative and creative facility for students with SEND, and a large percentage of our cohort have Epilepsy, Autism, and severe learning difficulties, along with communication difficulties.
St Piers provides a variety of interactive and inclusive environments, both indoors and outdoors, which support the pursuit of ambitions and aspirations through a whole range of exciting and creative spaces.
All students are put at the heart of the learning experience, through providing an environment where everyone can make progress and gain new skills.
St Piers is rated ‘Good’ [Ofsted 2017], a Centre of Excellence [IQM] for inclusion and is a member of Challenge Partners [Quality Assurance Review (2019) judged ‘outstanding’].
To find out more about St. Piers, and to take a virtual tour of our campus, please click here.
St Piers is part of Young Epilepsy. To find out more about Young Epilepsy, please click here.
As an employee of St Piers, you will receive…
- A competitive salary (listed above).
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
- Free parking onsite.
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time and term-time roles).
- Subsidised onsite dining in our beautiful restaurant.
- Perkbox – giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits.
- Gym membership options (onsite and off-site).
- An occupational pension scheme.
- Genuine opportunities for career progression.
- Paid-for Basic DBS.
If you do not hear anything within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).
