HR Manager (Maternity cover)
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Bury Grammar School
Bury, Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Up to £40,000 dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 16th April 2018
- Apply by:
- 28 February 2018
Job overview
HR Manager (Maternity Cover)
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, reliable and suitably experienced individual for the key role of HR Manager to cover a period of maternity leave within our outstanding schools. This is a fantastic opportunity to take responsibility for a key function that will support our operational priorities at an exciting time for the school.
In this role you will be responsible for delivering a full professional HR service to senior leaders, employees and governors, supporting them to secure positive outcomes for our pupils. You will take a proactive role in assisting our senior leadership team with their HR needs and issues through operational case and project management, and ensuring that leaders are kept informed of key legislative changes and relevant updates.
It is imperative that you have a sound knowledge and understanding of the new General Data Protection Regulations as you will have responsibility for ensuring compliance with this legislation for the areas of HR and payroll.
The role will have a strong operational focus including recruitment, absence and performance management, employee relations, including with our recognised trade union, and managing and mentoring our HR apprentice.
As the cover period will include the summer holiday, the work during this period will be project focussed on the implementation of a new management information system, iSAMS, including a HR module, for launch in September 2018 therefore you must be proficient working with IT systems although previous experience of iSAMS is not necessary.
CIPD qualified, you will ideally have experience of working in the education sector, although this is not essential, and be very much focused on providing effective solutions for the challenges that our leaders and managers face. Excellent interpersonal skills are required and you will be able to build relationships with key stakeholders at all levels to offer education focussed solutions, putting pupils at the heart of all decisions
Please see the job applicatio pack for more information regarding the role including the job description and person specification.
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About Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is situated in the heart of Bury, Lancashire and is widely recognised as one of the top independent schools in the North West of England. Currently there are over 1270 girls and boys on roll.
Our School is a family of independent, selective, day schools for girls and boys aged 3 to 18, which combine a strong tradition of academic excellence with the best in modern educational practice. The School has a long and rich history of excellence extending back 450 years and our staff, pupils and alumni are proud of the School’s long-standing traditions. Our modern, inclusive School community welcomes students and staff from different faiths and cultures. It is the blend of the School’s traditions along with our modern ethos that is a source of great enrichment for the whole community and is what makes the School so special.
Every one of our pupils benefits enormously from belonging both to a small school, where they are known and nurtured as an individual, while at the same time being part of our BGS family of Schools which is able to offer a huge variety of educational experiences and an excellent learning environment. Through our unique blend of single-sex education from ages 7-16 and co-education in our Pre-School, Infant School and Sixth Form, we offer the ‘best of both worlds’ for our pupils at every stage of their educational journey. Our vibrant and rigorous curriculum is designed to engage and challenge our pupils whilst fostering an intellectual curiosity, which translates into impressive academic performance.
The School is led by our Principal, Jo Anderson, who is supported by a strong and dynamic senior management team and dedicated Board of Governors. We are a member of the Girls’ School Association (GSA) and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and have been rated ‘excellent’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
One of our key strategic objectives is to maintain, recruit, nurture and develop first class teaching and support staff. You can be sure that as an employer we are focused on creating an outstanding workplace for all our staff so that we can attract, retain and engage talented individuals who have a desire to transform the lives of others.
A successful education is very much about team work and every member of staff at Bury Grammar School recognises that together we have the opportunity to change our pupils’ lives. Whether this is part of our fantastic catering team who provide our pupils with nutritious meals, our dedicated estates team who maintain our beautiful grounds or as a member of our inspiring teaching staff, everyone has an important part to play.
Join BGS and make a difference.
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