Cluster HR Manager

at  Bacons College

ABOUT YOU

You will be a confident HR professional and will enjoy the opportunity to engage with the leadership teams across the three schools, giving well founded advice and guidance based on a strong knowledge of employment law, both statutory and case law. Outstanding interpersonal skills are essential in support of building excellent relationships with staff at all levels, whilst always ensuring that safeguarding practices for a safer workforce are consistently applied and monitored. You will understand the importance of safer recruitment and hold the HR Team to strong account for the fulfilment of these processes. You will also oversee the successful administration of the payroll across all three schools ensuring constant open and accurate communication with the finance team to support them with precise management accounting.
You will hold or be working towards the CIPD Level 7 qualification, and you will be capable of making successful decisions autonomously whilst always knowing when to seek advice from your line manager or the central HR team. You will also be committed to continuous improvement and innovative practice and will as part of your personal development always be seeking ways to improve the service. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team that is hard-working and closeknit with a shared mission of providing excellence to the schools that it serves.

Bacon’s College is home to United Learning’s South East London Cluster. The Cluster staff serve four United Learning schools: Bacon’s College, Sedgehill Academy, The John Roan School and Conisborough College. We are seeking a highly qualified and experienced, vibrant, committed Cluster HR Manager with strong HR advisory skills to join us under the line management of our Executive Business Manager.
This role will be responsible for a wide range of HR duties including but not limited to TUPE, grievances, disciplinary cases, dismissals, redundancies, maternity/paternity conditions, contractual and job description changes, sickness absence management and capability procedures. The role will ensure the smooth running of the HR administrative processes through strong line management, and ongoing coaching and mentoring of the Cluster HR team.