HR Shared Services Team Leader

Overview

We have a rare opportunity to join our exceptional HR Services department as a HR Shared Services Team Leader. The HR Shared Services Team Leader will play a pivotal role in delivering a responsive, compliant and high‑quality HR administration service to the college.

Please note that interviews for this role will take place week commencing 23rd or 30th March.

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• Oversees all transactional HR matters and day to day activities ensuring the provision of an adaptive, timely and compliant HR administration, query resolution and advice service across all areas of the College
• Ensures all HR Administration Team activities are completed in a professional and helpful manner with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Activities to include but not limited to: maintenance and updating of employee records, contractual changes, employee relations documents including disciplinary and grievance records, assistance with recruitment, and new hire onboarding support
• Communicates with the HR Administration team positively and enthusiastically, defining team goals and objectives clearly to ensure all key deliverables are met in a timely and accurate manner providing direction, guidance and support
• Proactively influences the HR Administration Team to deliver all aspects of the HR service with passion and commitment to provide a consistently great customer experience for all areas of the College
• Leads the continued professional development of the HR Shared Services team.
• Provides training and coaching when necessary to develop team skillset and manage performance, drive results and deliver beyond what’s expected where possible
• Provides a high level of expertise and professionalism when advising on HR matters to all customers across the College, all members of the HR Administration Team and external bodies to ensure all services are delivered effectively and timely and meet all policy and compliance requirements
• Ensures the end to end process and procedure management is current and fit for purpose, reviewing all documents regularly to ensure accuracy and drive efficiencies
• Creates new policies and procedures when necessary, and provides clear, accurate and compliant documentation, ensuring the new guidelines are disseminated appropriately throughout all areas of the College
• Manages the process for ensuring all recruitment documents are logged and stored within the Single Central Record (SCR) system and guarantees compliancy relating to safer recruitment checks including DBS checks, referencing, social media screening, health declarations and Right to Work documentation
• Oversee the monitoring and recording of all teaching qualifications across the college workforce, ensuring staff meet FE sector professional standards and college policy requirements
• Oversee the completion of mandatory TRA checks for all relevant roles, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and the college’s safer recruitment procedures.
• Maintains and manages all aspects of the HRIS system, sets up new users and ensures all users are fully trained and capable, and are aware of the importance of quality of information, accuracy and compliance
• Responsible for reporting on key metrics accurately and timely to meet team objectives and departmental KPIs

Our ideal candidate will be a learner and quality-focused with a commitment to our vision of working together to transform lives. You should be able to contribute to our journey to Outstanding, creating a positive working and study environment, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion should be embedded within your core values.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates who identify as Black, Asian or from an ethnic minority background, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our management roles.

As part of the hiring process, all shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a psychometric test, which will provide valuable insight into your potential fit within Bradford College.

• GCSE 4 – 9 or equivalent level 2 qualification in Maths, or be prepared to pass…