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HR and Compliance Manager

HR and Compliance Manager

Sutton High School

Sutton

  • Expired
Salary:
£39,000 - £42,500 pa
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Required ASAP
Apply by:
31 October 2021

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role ensuring the provision of an efficient and supportive HR and recruitment service at a forward thinking and growing school.

In conjunction with the Trust’s Central HR Team, the HR and Compliance Manager will be  responsible for managing and delivering Sutton High School’s HR function, covering recruitment, employee relations, performance management, retention and talent management.

This will include advising colleagues on day-to-day employment matters, such as performance management, disciplinary procedures and employee issues, as well as delivering recruitment services for staff, managing the school’s payroll and administering the Single Central Register to ensure the school is compliant and maintains its excellent reputation for safeguarding.

The ideal candidate will be CIPD qualified or have equivalent experience, with experience of HR administration processes, policies and procedures and a good understanding of basic employment legislation. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, including the ability to relate well to people on all levels with sensitivity, tact and diplomacy, are equally important.

The hours are full time, full year but we are able to offer some flexibility for the right candidate.

About Sutton High School

Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and major roads. 

Why work at Sutton High School?

The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice.

Employee benefits include:

  • Competitive salaries and pay progression
  • Access to extensive professional development opportunities 
  • Training grants for qualifications
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Free life assurance benefit
  • A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
  • Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
  • A Cycle to Work scheme
  • Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further information and to apply for this position, please click the apply button.

Closing date: 12 noon, Sunday 31st October 2021.

First stage interviews: Week commencing 1st November 2021.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

About Sutton High School

Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for 900 girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and with specialist contemporary learning facilities such as Design Studios, a Ceramics Room, an Emilio Reggio EYFS Building, an amphitheatre and Oracy Space.

Both Senior and Prep schools hold strong positions in the top schools nationally and attract girls from a wide geographical area and variety of backgrounds, resulting in an inclusive school community where individuality is celebrated and girls are fiercely independent. Our values of Courage, Truth and Joy are at the heart of all we do.

The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent schools in the country, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice in teaching and learning.

Examination results at Sutton High are consistently high and significantly above the national average. In the summer of 2023, girls achieved 75% 9-7 grades at GCSE, with over half of grades at 9/8.

Our girls benefit from expert advice and guidance about higher education and the world of work, as we have our own specialist who organises interviews, work experience placements and careers fairs and the majority of pupils go on to study at Russell Group universities.

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