Job Description

Our client, a very successful educational establishment based in the Ashford area, has asked us to help recruit an HR Officer on an interim contract initially for 6 months to commence work as soon as possible.  The successful applicant will be CIPD qualified. HR experience is essential.

The main duties of the role are:

• Working closely with the Director of Finance & Operations to assist line managers in understanding and implementing the Academy policies and procedures.
• Interacting with and supplying information to employees, department heads, and job applicants when required.
• Undertake all recruitment checks including those such as DBS checks, right to work checks and requesting references. To maintain the HR system (SIMS Personnel) updated.
• On-boarding of all new starters across the Academy including Nursery.
• Manage and process all leavers.
• Manage all documentation for pensions (TPS for Teachers and LGPS for Support)
• Work with external agencies such as the payroll provider and the occupational health provider where appropriate.
• Organising all data for payroll. The Academy currently runs two payrolls each month. This role is essential in the accuracy of these.
• Preparing monthly absence reports and payroll changes as appropriate.
• Establishing and maintaining personnel, recruitment records, files, correspondence, reports, and organisation charts.
• Statutory reporting as required.
• Maintaining employee file records up-to-date by handling contractual changes in a timely manner.
• Preparing paperwork needed to create new employee profiles.
• Responsible for the administration of all staff holiday, absence and cover requests.
• Ensuring that all HR forms are completed by staff accordingly; request for leave; sickness and back to work report documentation.
• Maintain a full and accurate establishment list and associated structure charts for the whole academy.

Personal Qualities and Attributes:

• HR qualifications and payroll experience
• Experience in the Education sector is essential
• Project management experience desirable
• To be a person of integrity and honesty
• To communicate effectively, professionally and in a friendly manner with staff, suppliers, students and parents
• To be highly motivated and positive towards the Academy’s goals
• To have a flexible approach towards work and working hours
• To be totally reliable with excellent time management skills
• To be a team player.  This position is part of a team with team tasks and responsibilities

We are acting as a Recruitment Business in relation to this role.

Essential Skills

• HR qualifications and payroll experience
• Experience in the Education sector is essential

Desirable Skills

• Project management experience