HR Adviser for DLD College and Portland Place School

Required asap

The Role HR Adviser

Location: Based across the school and college, with occasional visits to Head Office and other APG schools

Hours:  Full time 5 days per week (4 days at DLD, 1 day at Portland Place)

JOB PURPOSE

The HR Adviser will provide generalist HR support to DLD and Portland Place School and will be responsible for dealing with employee relations queries, case work and involvement in the disciplinary and grievance procedures with assistance from the Head of HR. The role also covers all aspects of Recruitment, On-boarding and Pre-employment checks, Payroll Administration, as well as the maintenance and update of the Single Central Record.

The Alpha Plus Group uses Select HR which has been rolled out across all schools in the group. This role will work closely with the Head of People Systems to support rollout of further functionality and to ensure the system supports the business and information needs of APG.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• System focused with ability to pick up new systems quickly
• Highly effective communication skills
• Good people management skills, able to delegate and escalate as appropriate
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Excellent organisation and planning skills
• Ability to approach confidential matters with discretion, sensitivity and diplomacy
• Ability to liaise confidently with senior management, staff, parents and the wider community
• Friendly, enthusiastic, approachable
• CIPD qualified or working towards

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Good knowledge in HR policies and processes.
• Strong employment legislation knowledge.
• Experience of handing varied and complex ER casework.
• Select HR is the HR System used by APG and its’ update and maintenance will be an integral part of your role - whilst you don’t need to have experience of using this system any exposure to this or similar HR systems is essential.
• Acloud Recruitment is used to advertise all roles within the APG group – any experience of using this or a similar on line recruitment tool would be an advantage.
• The SCR is currently held in SIMS so any experience of using SIMS to maintain staff records would be helpful.
• Good experience of using Microsoft Office (Word & Excel) to create templates, mail merges, pivot tables etc.
• Understanding of HR and Payroll processes and basic employment legislation.
• Understand the principles of safeguarding in relation to child protection.
• Ability to work under pressure, identify priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Group Pension Plan
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Eligible to the company’s cycle to work scheme
• Season Ticket Loans

Application Process

Please follow the link to begin your application via the Alpha Plus Careers Site.

The closing date is 29th September 2022 23:59.

We reserve the right to shortlist candidates before the closing date of the advert due to high volumes of applicants, therefore we encourage early applications.

APG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.