London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Hiring for Senior Schools HR Advisor (Maternity Cover) at London Full Time

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Human Resources Advisor on a fixed term basis for up to 12 months Maternity cover.

The role sits within the Schools HR Advisory Team and reports to the Schools HR Business Partner as part of the wider Human Resources and Organisational Development Directorate.

The Schools HR Advisory Team is a small team that provides a comprehensive HR Advisory service to schools across the Borough delivering operational support alongside high-level strategic planning to facilitate improvements in both individual and organisational performance. Responsibilities of this role will include:

• providing professional HR advice and guidance covering aspects of the employee life cycle and people management processes in line with service level agreements, business rules and as directed by more senior colleagues
• ensuring that all customer requests are dealt with professionally, and proactively escalating more complex and problematic cases to the appropriate senior colleague to enable rapid resolution ensuring that comprehensive information is recorded
• supporting with the delivery of change through post re-design, job descriptions and evaluation
• managing small HR projects within agreed project frameworks that are delivered to the agreed cost, time and quality parameters. The Council operates a dispersed working model.

The primary work setting for the role will be remote working with the requirement to visit schools occasionally. Interviews will be held virtually for the successfully shortlisted candidates.

Please see attached job description for more details. To discuss this role, please contact: Dena Francis (Schools HR Business Partner) by emailing [email protected].

Re-applying for posts

Applicants who have not been shortlisted or who are unsuccessful at interview cannot reapply for the same job if it’s within 6 months of the first advert – for further information please refer to our Jobs and Career Page – ‘Working for us and Information for Applicants’ on our website

About you

Our ideal candidate will be a Member or Associate Member of the CIPD and/or have a Corporate Management qualification with includes HR.

In addition to this, the successful candidate will be competent in and understand the professional issues relating to the range of HR Schools support services as well as specialist knowledge in one broad area, either change and development or employment and employee relations and have the ability to build strong relationships across the organisation and with external partners. They will also have the ability to work pro-actively and find solutions and the ability to use own initiative to organise and manage own workload, under pressure: prioritising work against competing and changing demands to meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

We are looking for candidates that share our DRIVE values at Barking and Dagenham Council. Our DRIVE values are:

• Deliver: the best outcomes for residents whenever we can.
• Respond: to residents’ needs in a helpful and friendly way.
• Inspire: others and ourselves to achieve their best.
• Value: residents when making decisions.
• Engage: with residents and colleagues in the best way we can.

We want people that embody our organisational values and care about our communities and borough. If you have the knowledge, skills and experience required for this role and share our values, we would like to hear from you.

For more information, please see the Person Specification for the role.

About us

We have been on a journey over the last few years, one that has seen us transform the council and the way we deliver our services. Those improvements to our offer have been recognised with us winning the LGC Awards 2018’s Council of the Year and LGC Entrepreneurial Council of the Year 2019. And with Gold Investors in People status, showing our commitment to our staff, there’s never been a more exciting time to work for Barking and Dagenham Council.

Our borough is vibrant and diverse, and this is something we are proud of. We value the diversity of people who live, work and visit Barking and Dagenham and it is our vision is to create a place where people understand, respect and celebrate each other’s differences. Our goal is to harness the borough’s potential as London’s growth opportunity and to deliver growth that is inclusive and benefits all our residents. As a council, we are agile, responsive and data-led, with the needs of our residents at the forefront of what we do.

We offer a competitive pay package, a positive approach to flexible working, investment in your learning and development as well as a commitment to your wellbeing. Barking and Dagenham is changing, will you be a part of the change?