hr manager Leeds, England
Job description
Post Reference: 2318
Academy: Leeds West Academy
Job Title: Human Resources (HR) Officer
Grade: SO1 (£30,151 to £32,020)
Hours: 37 hours per week, all year round. Flexible/Hybrid working options can be considered.
Accountable to: Senior HR Colleague / Academy Business Manager
Leeds West Academy is a school with a remarkable sense of community and a strong and safe culture, a place where staff and students can thrive. We were judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019 because teaching is strong, the support we provide for our students and staff is unrivalled and because our results have improved year-on-year since 2016. In 2022, our students secured the best results in the school’s history. In short, there is no better time to join Leeds West Academy, as a colleague, a leader or as a student.
Leeds West Academy is a fabulous place to work. We are a caring and supportive community, as part of White Rose Academies Trust and ground-breaking Luminate Education Group, we benefit from exceptional CPD. A broad, varied and highly bespoke package is well-established, driven by the latest in educational research focused on the development of all professionals in the organisation at each career stage. Colleagues train with us, they grow with us and they progress with us.
Our academy predominantly serves the community of Bramley in Leeds. We are oversubscribed and popular within our community. More families are choosing Leeds West Academy as first-choice for their children than ever before. Our students are amazing; they are generally respectful young people who embrace diversity and have a strong sense of fairness.
We benefit from world-class facilities, and are accommodated in a £30 million building, which opened in late 2011. Staff and students at the academy benefit from a bright, modern, heavily resourced learning environment, which is highly flexible to meet the needs of the 21st century learner.
Role:
As HR Officer, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and maintaining a culture of positive people relations that is exemplary.
In this role you will have a dual reporting line to a senior colleague in the Central HR team and the Leeds West Academy Business Manager.
You will provide administrative support for all aspects of HR, advising on the implementation of HR processes across the academy to ensure they are legally compliant meet our statutory responsibilities and meet our safeguarding responsibilities.
Through positive customer relations you will establish effective working relationships with all key stakeholders to ensure they are receiving an exceptional HR service. Enthusiasm, tact and a hands-on approach to problem solving and a solution focussed approach are fundamental to this role.
All post-holders at the White Rose Academies Trust are responsible for improving the outcomes for learners and upholding the ethos of the academies. Keeping Children Safe in Education and the guidance for Safer Working Practices directs the work of every adult working at or associated with White Rose Academies Trust.
You will join a dynamic and friendly team in providing generalist HR support to the trust at an academy level, whilst supporting stakeholder groups with activities covering the employee lifecycle. You will deliver an excellent level of customer service whilst working collaboratively and proactively with the wider HR team to meet the academy and wider service priorities and objectives.
General duties and responsibilities:
Advise recruiting managers of safer recruitment processes in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) and ensure all recruitment administrative processes, including the Single Central Record (SCR) and completed and are accurate.
- Employee Relations case management including low level absence management, performance management, probation etc.
- Participate in the academy induction process to address HR elements of the new starter process ensuring that new colleagues are fully informed in relation to their terms and conditions, HR policies, and roles and responsibilities.
- Work in coordination with the wider HR team to identify and source bespoke training aimed at aligning colleague behaviours to the values of the trust.
- Support relevant activities that promote a professional environment where both trust and high professional standards are maintained.
- Support and coach colleagues across the academy in relation to undertaking effective induction, probation, absence management, performance management processes and line management roles and responsibilities.
- Provide an operationally excellent service ensuring core HR operations are delivered with exceptional consistency, accuracy and through a customer focussed approach that is solutions orientated.
- Ensure all payroll changes are processed accurately, in a timely manner and are evidenced accordingly (including relevant authorisation) through meticulous record keeping.
Part of White Rose Academies Trust, Leeds West Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure an Ofsted rating of ‘World Class’.
We're securing our 2025 vision for ‘World Class’ by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists and passionate leaders with the shared goal of transforming future prospects for the next generation of West Yorkshire.
We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.
White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.
The trust currently employs over 500 outstanding professionals who are committed to unlocking the potential of the next generation. Our CPD Programme is focused on innovation, leadership development and delivery of excellence for vulnerable groups. Our Beginner Teacher Programme is amongst the best in the region. We are on a significant journey which will see all of our schools Ofsted rated as World Class within five years.
Closing Date: Monday 21st August 2023
Start Date: As soon as possible; upon successful completion of pre-employment checks.
For more information, please visit our website at www.whiteroseacademies.org.
To apply, please complete the application form and return to [email protected] by the closing date. Please note we are unable to accept CV’s.
White Rose Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. Applications are welcome from all, irrespective of sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age, or disability.
