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HR Officer – Recruitment and Operations

Are you looking to work in a busy HR department fully utilising your senior HR administration, HR generalist and advisory skills to deliver a high-quality HR service to the organisation? Are you a strong communicator who is passionate about recruitment and engaging the right people? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our small, professional support team.

The Dorset Centre of Excellence is looking to recruit a HR Officer – Recruitment and Operations to ensure appropriate Safer Recruitment procedures are followed for all employees, workers, contractors, directors, volunteers, and visitors, and to ensure regulatory, legislative, compliance and statutory requirements are met in respect of all terms of engagement.

As HR Officer you will be assisting the HR Manager in all key HR functions including, but not limited to; recruitment, staff development and training, employee relations and change management. A key part of the role will be to lead on the recruitment lifecycle for all employees and to provide and an efficient and responsive recruitment service to line managers, effectively appointing new employees ensuring all offers of employment, statutory and safer recruitment checks and any job specific requirements are completed on time, and appropriate evidence is retained.

We would like to hear from you if you can demonstrate experience of successfully managing recruitment campaigns, and substantial experience of providing proactive and responsive HR advice and service to managers, and HR procedures and legislation changes.

It is essential that you are a minimum of level 3 CIPD qualified or are studying for a CIPD qualification or have equivalent professional experience. You will also have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, attention to detail, strong relationship management skills and be confident in communicating both orally and in writing.

We are looking for someone with the highest levels of integrity and sensitivity, and the ability to sustain effective professional working relationships and understanding boundaries and confidentiality.

Please review the job description and person specification for further information about the role

About the Dorset Centre of Excellence:

The Dorset Centre of Excellence is located at the eastern edge of Shaftesbury, approximately 2.3 miles from the town centre. The school is accessed via a private road and enjoys a secluded setting within its grounds. The accommodation extends to over 160,000 sq ft, set within in grounds of 55 acres.

Coombe House School located at the Dorset Centre of Excellence is expected to meet the needs of children and young people with social communication, social emotional and learning needs, such as those associated with Autism Spectrum Condition, which represents the largest group of children and young people supported by an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in Dorset and nationally.

What the Dorset Centre of Excellence can offer you:

• A workplace set in beautiful surroundings
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• NEST Pension (10% employers’ contribution)
• On Site parking
• Use of facilities (as and when they become available)
• The opportunity to play an integral part at the infancy of this exciting and unique journey

This post involves working with children and vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them and will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that to be considered for a position at the Company, you must complete the application form obtained from the HR department or via this job advertised on TES. A curriculum vitae will not be accepted in place of a completed application form. TES link below:

HR Officer – Recruitment and Operations, Dorset - Tes Jobs

Should sufficient suitable applications be received we may close the advert early.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 28 February 2023 (Midnight).
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 8 March 2023

We are committed to safeguarding and expect everyone who works in our school (and visitors to our school) to share this commitment. We take all safeguarding and welfare concerns seriously and encourage our pupils to talk to us about any worries they may have. We will always act in the best interests of the child. The successful applicant must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS.