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HR Officer

Mander Portman Woodward

Kensington and Chelsea

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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
24 December 2022

Job overview

Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) London was founded in 1973 and is one of London’s best-known independent colleges. Situated in South Kensington, the college is Leading fifth- and sixth-form college offering a wide range of GCSE and A level subjects in a socially relaxed yet highly academically disciplined environment. Renowned for exceptional university placements, outstanding accreditation and bespoke approach to education.

MPW London is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated HR professional to manage the college’s HR function and to ensure that all regulatory, legislative and statutory requirements are met. This is a full-time position working closely with the Principal and HR Team to provide wide and varied HR advice and support. 

Ideally, the successful candidate will be CIPD qualified with proven experience in a broad range of HR disciplines. Experience of working in an educational environment and using HR information systems would be an advantage.

Please find a full job description and person specification attached.

If you feel this role suits your next career move and you wish to join our strong team, we would love to hear from you. Please email you CV to londonHR@mpw.ac.uk

MPW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children therefore the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.


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About Mander Portman Woodward

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+44 20 7835 1355

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Mander Portman Woodward London, commonly referred to as MPW, is one of a group of independent colleges providing GCSE and A-level education for 14- to 20-year-olds. The other mixed, non-denominational colleges are located in Birmingham and Cambridge.

The school was established in 1973 by Robert Woodward, Rodney Portman and Nicholas Mander, which is where MPW gets its name. In 2016, the group was sold by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Incorporated, a Los Angeles private equity firm, to the education firm Kaplan International.

Principal

Sally Powell

Values and Vision

Mander Portman Woodward believes in giving students as much personal attention as possible, and ensures that there are fewer than 10 students in every class. The college's mission is to work with students to turn their academic aspirations into reality.  It takes students from Year 10 and has a particularly strong reputation for its sixth-form provision. It has also forged partnerships with local higher education institutions, and considers pupil entrance to prestigious universities one of its key objectives.

Each Mander Portman Woodward student is allocated a director of studies, whose role is to monitor their general welfare and assist them in making informed choices about their next educational steps.

ISI report

“Students are very well educated and the college successfully fulfils its aims. The quality of the students’ academic achievement and progress throughout the college is excellent. The provision for and achievement of those students with SEND or EAL is excellent and the provision for able gifted and talented students is good. The academic curriculum is broad and flexible timetabling allows individual programmes of study to be developed.”

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