HR Advisor

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

St Edward’s has an exciting opportunity for a HR Advisor to join its busy, supportive HR team and play a key role delivering a responsive, high-quality HR service across the school.

As HR Advisor, you will be a trusted first point of contact for managers and staff, providing day to day HR advice and guidance. You will support a range of employee relations matters, including absence management, probation reviews, disciplinary and grievance processes, whilst helping to ensure policies and procedures are applied fairly, consistently and in line with best practice.

You’ll also play an important role in the smooth delivery of HR operations. Responsibilities will include preparing contracts and correspondence, maintaining accurate employee records, supporting payroll changes, producing HR reports and supporting recruitment activities during busy periods. Alongside this, you’ll contribute to HR projects, process improvements and staff engagement initiatives.

You’ll bring previous HR experience of providing advice to managers, maintaining accurate HR records and supporting with employee relations matters. You should have, or be working towards, a CIPD Level 3 qualification, with a good understanding of employment law, ACAS guidance and HR best practice.

Experience in a school or similar environment would be helpful, but what matters most is that you are organised, professional, committed to safeguarding and keen to develop your HR career in a supportive, values‑led setting.

In return, St Edward’s offers an attractive benefits package including:

• A friendly and inclusive working environment
• 30 days annual holiday entitlement
• Free meals
• Free Nuffield Health Gym membership (including membership for your partner and children under the age of 21)
• Free on-site car parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Defined contribution pension scheme with Scottish Widows. The standard employee contribution rate is 5% with the employer contributing 8%. From 1st September 2022, enhanced contributions by the employee will be matched by the employer, up to the cap of 12%

St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.