Human Resource Manager

Scholars School System – Human Resources

Scholars School System is a project of UK CURRICULUM & ACCREDITATION BODY (UKCAB, a registered charity founded in 2006) having campuses across the United Kingdom, is looking for a Human Resource Manager across all campuses which includes Birmingham, Manchester, London, Braford and Leicester based in the Birmingham campus.

Scholars School System is a national independent higher education provider, offering world class education. Taught programmes, ranging from Foundation Year through to Level 7, delivered in partnership with institutions such as Leeds Trinity University. Over 5000 (UK and EU) learners have successfully completed their learning journey in the last five years with the current student population is over 3000.

Our core values are very important because

1. We share a common set of values across everything we do which helps to define who we are and how we behave.
2. We put our students and our community at the heart of all that we do.
3. We foster excellence, innovation and creativity.
4. We celebrate diversity, inclusion, equality and the breaking down of barriers to success.
5. We have high expectations of ourselves, our students and our partners.

Reports to: Director of Operations

Purpose

The organisation is seeking to appoint a Human Resource Manager who will assist in providing HR generalist support in a similar higher education setting, you will be providing comprehensive, professional HR support to staff and the Senior Management.

You will be required in assisting in employee relation matters and all the process of recruitment cycle

Responsibilities

• Providing full HR generalist support in a similar higher education setting on all administerial, operational, and strategic HR activities, all in compliance with statutory obligations and best practice.
• Providing comprehensive, professional and confidential HR support to staff and the Senior Management.
• Employee Relations: Managing HR issues in conjunction with the HR team. Coaching and advising other managers. Bringing up to date employment law knowledge to the department to ensure compliance with the appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Overseeing the management of Recruitment and Induction processes.
• In-depth understanding of Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment. Ensuring all pre-employment and safeguarding checks have been completed, in line with statutory legislation.
• Managing the recruitment administration team, liaising senior colleagues to ensure the right balance of skilled and experienced staff.
• Oversight of all the campus and ensuring they are consistently inspection-ready
• Overseeing Performance Management.
• Issuing contracts to staff members.
• Managing all audits, including payroll, pensions and HR audit
• Any other ad-hoc HR projects /research as needed.
• Providing detailed reports to senior management teams.

Requirements

Essential

• Must have a Master’s degree in Human Resources or a related field
• Must have leadership or management level 5 qualification (CMI/ILM)
• Significant years of HR experience in the higher education sector in UK.
• Solid understanding of UK Employment Law and Safeguarding requirements
• Must have experience in international recruitment
• Experience supporting HR audits and inspections
• Strong administrative and organisational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Remuneration and Employment Terms

• £55,000 - £60,000 per year depending on qualifications and experience
• Up to £5k annual incentives pro-rata given quarterly on meeting KPIs upon successful probation period
• 3% annual increase per year on completion from your start date of service and on meeting KPIs
• Holiday entitlement is 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Complementary lunch for staff as part of company benefit.
• This is full-time, permanent position
• Basic hours are 9am to 6pm on site
• Trips away from the office are often required, all expenses reimbursed.

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