HR Business Partner

To support the ED People in delivering a high-quality HR business partnering service to the assignedschool, actively contributing to the effective implementation of the people strategy, prioritiesand wider organisational objectives. The role will have a customer-centric approach with their primary client group (school/unit line managers) and provide day to day client relationship management and service delivery.

Client Details

Our client believe in building excellent educational environments that inspire and unlock potential in all our school communities located in different areas, Isle of Wight, Eastleigh, Southampton and Portsmouth.

Description

The Key responsibilities for the HR Business Partner are:

Service delivery

• Provide support to school/unit and middle leaders in the implementation of HISP people policies and procedures, advising on key people processes (i.e. recruitment, on boarding, safer recruitment compliance, performance management, absence management, pay, well being and employee relations).
• Identify the capability gaps within the schools and advise on routes to build, borrow or recruit the capability as required.
• Appropriately discuss and challenge school/unit leaders on people related decisions to ensure legal and financial compliance.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to people issues within policy particularly where there is a financial, legal or reputations risk to the organisation - referring upwards to the ED/senior leadership when necessary.
• Lead on all school employment relations cases providing expert advice and guidance to the client group
• Provide and analyse agreed monthly people related management information (bespoke and generic), contributing to reporting on HR SLA's and KPI's as required.
• Undertake face to face discussions with leavers on escalated cases to identify issues/risks, take follow up action as appropriate.
• Provide advice and support to employees for escalated queries from locally based HR staff and line managers.
• Ensure transactions local-based HR operations are carried out in an efficient and effective manner and support HR administrative staff as appropriate.
• Lead and develop local-based administrative HR staff ensuring necessary professional development and HISP People Strategy implementation at all levels through effective objective setting and performance management.

Change and programme initiatives

• Support, develop and manage the HR aspects of organisational change programmes in line with the relevant policies (eg the roll-out of policies and associated line manager training), and in collaboration with other involved HISP central teams.
• Support the development, implementation and embedding of HR systems (including i-trent) and HR processes
• Project manage, or contribute to a variety of strategic people initiatives working across functional boundaries if required.
• Actively contribute to the development and implementation of the HISP People strategy and priorities throughout the entire employee lifecycle, working closely with other HR colleagues to implement associated initiatives.

Team contribution

• Support investigations and/or advise at formal grievance/disciplinary meetings for areas outside own responsibility
• Support HR colleagues' assigned units during periods of their absence
• Coach/mentor locally-based HR Advisers and Administrators.
• Suggest ways in which to enhance HR effectiveness and efficiency and take the lead in implementing these
• Collaborate with HR colleagues on key messages for leaders and people related INSET day material.
• Support statutory annual submissions where necessary (eg EDI data and Workforce Census).

Profile

The successful candidate for the HR Business Partner Role is someone with the following:

Essential

• Minimum CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience
• Minimum of HNC in a business-related subject
• Educated to GCSE standard (Maths and English)

Experience Essential

• Stakeholder management: experience of partnering dedicated business areas, advising on generic HR/people related matt ers.
• Well developed skills in managing complex employee relations cases with ability to recognise key risks and provide commercial, risk-based advice and proactive support to line managers.
• Demonstrated success in drafting and implementing HR policies and procedures.
• Experience in: o workforce planning o talent management.
• advancing the organisational equality/inclusion agenda.
• Developing and implementing recruitment and candidate att raction strategies.
• facilitating HR/people related training events.

Desirable

• Education, local authority or public sector experience.
• Experience in using iTrent and Arbor.
• Project managing change initiatives and organisational development projects.
• Line management of administrative HR staff.

Personal Att ributes Essential

• Strong ethical standards and high levels of integrity.
• Commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
• Proactive and innovative approach to problem-solving.
• Resilient and adaptable to change.
• Collaborative and team-orientated mindset.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Friendly and approachable.
• Commitment to own CPD.
• Understanding of the critical importance of child protection and safeguarding.
• Successful completion of DBS and all other pre-employment checks.
• Willingness to travel between diff erent school sites as required.
• Own transport to travel between sites.

Job Offer

The candidate for the HR Business Partner role will receive:

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• 26 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays