Senior HR Business Partner
Nelson and Colne College
Accrington, Lancashire
- £35,399 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 October 2021
Job overview
Senior HR Business Partner
Salary: Up to £35,399 per annum depending on experience
Hours: 37 per week
Site: Accrington & Rossendale College
Closing Date: Midnight - Sunday 24th October
Interview Date: Monday 1st November
‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’
Our Organisation
Nelson and Colne College Group is a beacon for educational excellence, made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Lancashire Adult Learning & Accrington & Rossendale College.
Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, employer training and adult learning provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels.
The Exciting Role
The College Group is looking for a full-time, permanent Senior HR Business Partner to join our dedicated HR team in delivering our People Strategy and providing a professional HR Service. From employee relations to recruitment and selection, the role is busy and varied and offers an amazing opportunity for an experienced HR professional.
The successful candidate will act as HR Business Partner to specified Divisions/Departments across the College Group, providing a forward thinking, operational advice service to managers and staff. In addition, the Senior HR Business Partner will provide support, advice and guidance to two HR Business Partners and HR Officer, as well as deputising for the HR Manager as required.
Having excellent interpersonal and communication skills will be key to developing and maintaining excellent professional relationships with key staff, managers and senior leaders.
This role will be based at our Accrington and Rossendale College site, however, travel across sites may be required.
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What You Will Be Doing
• To be responsible for supporting the achievement of the principles outlined in the College’s People Strategy by providing a professional HR Service.
• To support the HR Manager in leading the delivery of a professional and supportive HR business partnering service to the College Group, providing support, advice and guidance to the HR Business Partners and HR Officer.
• To support the HR Business Partners and HR Officer to ensure that HR casework is dealt with consistently, supportively and in a timely manner.
• To oversee a fair and effective recruitment process, advising managers in terms of the College’s processes and procedure and representing the HR team on selection panels.
• To provide advice, guidance and support to managers in relation to the handling of complex employee relations matters.
• To develop and maintain effective working relationships with trade unions.
What We Are Looking For:
• CIPD Level 5 (with CIPD L7 highly desirable)
• Experience of working in a busy HR environment, as part of a team
• Knowledge of effective people management practices and processes, with up to date employment law/professional knowledge
• Extensive experience of providing advice and support to managers/senior leaders and ability to coach, persuade, influence and negotiate
• Extensive experience in handling a range of employee relations issues including discipline, grievance, performance management and sickness absence
• Experience of dealing with a range of complex HR issues and managing contentious or sensitive casework
• Experience of handling end to end recruitment process
• Experience of working within Further Education, or a related sector (Highly Desirable)
What We Offer in Return:
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance including a two-week closure over the Christmas period
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
• Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
• Fantastic family friendly policies
• Free on-site parking on all College sites
• Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/working-for-us/benefits/
How to Apply:
Still Interested?
If you're interested in this post and would like to know more, then please visit our website and complete an application form.
Website: https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/
Take me to the Application form: https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/application-form/
Further questions: please contact our friendly HR Team h.resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk
*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website
Please note: All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.
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About Nelson and Colne College
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Nelson and Colne College, located in the town of Nelson, Lancashire, offers further education to 1,600 full-time students and 3,500 part-time adults. The college was founded during the reorganisation of education in Pendle in the early 1970s and created by the merger of several local sixth forms.
Recent investments have included a £2m engineering facility, an all-weather sports pitch and gym, fully equipped science laboratories, and student study and social spaces. In January 2017, Nelson and Colne College launched a university centre to offer a range of higher education programmes in East Lancashire and beyond.
Principal
Amanda Melton
Values and vision
Nelson and Colne College’s overarching vision is summed up in its commitment to “expanding horizons; excelling together; and always learning". It promises to: put people at its centre; take care to understand each other’s individual qualities and needs; ensure that every single member of the college knows they matter; and celebrate individuality and recognise the strength of diversity.
The college also promotes a “green” ethos among its students and staff, setting up a sustainability group to raise awareness of environmental issues. The whole college has signed up to challenging goals to reduce its carbon footprint.
Ofsted report
“The quality of teaching and learning is outstanding. Assessment is well planned and marking is thorough and helpful. The internal lesson observation system is rigorous and carefully moderated and helps improve the teaching and learning. Staff development is well focused on college priorities.”
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