United Learning Hiring for HR Officer at Altrincham Full Time

Salary – United Learning Support Staff Pay Scale (from £23,000 per annum full time equivalent)

A vacancy has arisen for an HR Officer to provide HR advice and administrative support across the Academy. William Hulme’s Grammar School is a highly over-subscribed 3 – 18 Academy, with over 1500 students in total and over 200 members of staff.

Working closely with the Strategic Leadership Team, the responsibilities of the position will include:

Recruitment Administration and handling of all vacancies

Absence Management including Occupational Health referrals

Management and maintenance of the school’s Single Central Record (SCR)

Processing of DBS applications and all other pre-employment checks

Confidential staff filing

Maintenance of the school’s HR Information system (I-Trent)

Completion and Submission of the annual School’s Workforce Census

Attending and minuting meetings

Letter writing and generation of staff contracts

We are looking for someone with:
Previous HR experience, ideally in a school setting with a recognised HR qualification

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)

A good standard of education, numeracy and literacy

Sound administrative ability with attention to detail

Computer literacy, touch-typing ability and experience of Microsoft applications

Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines but always with a concern for quality

The ability to work independently and as part of a team

The sensitivity to appreciate when confidentiality and discretion are required and an understanding of GDPR regulations particularly when handling sensitive personal information

For full details of the role and responsibilities, please see the associated job description, person specification and term and conditions documents.

William Hulme’s Grammar School is Greater Manchester’s Second most over-subscribed school and one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. It is an all-through (3-18) Academy of over 1500 pupils with a wide range of abilities, ethnicities and backgrounds and is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England..

United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It’s an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

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