Grade 4 HR Manager

Hours of Work: Option for 4 days (30hrs) or 5 days (36.5hrs), Monday to Friday, Term Time Only plus 3 weeks or All Year Round. Hybrid and flexible working considered (to be discussed).

Contract type: Permanent

Salary including allowances: Grade 4 £33,366 to £40,476 FTE

Start date of role: As soon as possible

Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HR Manager to join our growing team of professional and dedicated staff at Mayfield School, which is part of Education Impact Academy Trust (EIAT). You will play a key role in providing a professional, efficient and proactive Human Resources service, partnering with school leaders and the Trust HR team, line managing the school HR Assistant, providing HR support and advice on a range of matters, ensuring high levels of accuracy and compliance whilst observing relevant employment legislation. This role will evolve over the next 12-24 months, with an initial focus on supporting the school to improve staff attendance and supporting with wellbeing, including analysis of the root causes of absence and recommendations to address these. It will include playing a lead role in developing capacity through training line managers for the return to work process. This will involve close collaboration with the Mayfield leadership team and the Trust HR team, working towards strategic cultural change and more centralised ways of working.

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can communicate effectively at all levels. You will be comfortable working productively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks, and prioritising workload; providing support and guidance on a variety of employee relation matters including, absence management, recruitment, disciplinary, conduct and performance management in line with Trust policies and procedures.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate evidence of CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards) alongside experience of working in a HR role in a supervisory or management capacity. Experience of working with students is desirable and at interview, you will be able to clearly display a commitment for the pastoral care of students in school.

Mayfield School is a special school for 310 pupils aged between 2 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including autism. Mayfield is a Unicef Rights Respecting School on a journey to achieve gold status.

The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. Successful applicants can be asked to work at either site depending on the needs of the school.

We are proud to be part of Education Impact Academy Trust which is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in North Birmingham incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Lime Tree Nursery and Blue Sky Nursery. We strive to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is ‘Better Never Ends’.

Employee Benefits

1. All support staff are enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (West Midlands Pension Fund) which provides a secure pension and immediate life cover.
2. We offer an Employee Assistance Programme called BHSF which provides:

• 24/7 access to a GP from anywhere in the world; a telephone helpline and, face to face e-consultation service
• Private prescription service
• Expert and practical legal advice
• 24/7; Confidential helpline for support with emotional matters;
• Money management support.

You will be supported in your role by the school leadership team, the central HR team and other HR professionals from across the Trust. You will attend EIAT HR Group meetings half termly, to share good practice, receive HR updates and network with other HR staff from across the Trust, as well as having individual regular contact and support from the central HR team.

We welcome informal visits and encourage applicants to have a conversation with us about the role and terms. To find out more about the role or arrange a visit to the school, please email hr@educationimpact.org.uk.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

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