HR Support Officer

Vacancy for HR Support Officer

Commencing as soon as possible

Permanent, 37 hours per week, all year round

Grade 7 Spine Points 18-23 (£29,269 - £32,076) pay award pending

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Invictus Education Trust is seeking a talented and dedicated individual to join our team as a HR Support Officer. This is an exciting opportunity for a HR Professional to work within the education sector and be a part of a well-knit and personable HR team. You will receive full training and support and the opportunity to develop in your role through CPD.

The role of HR Support Officer is based in the central team and will work closely with allocated schools across the Trust under the direction of the Employee Relations Manager on the employee lifecycle, management information systems, communications and much more!

You will need to be;

• Qualified to at least NVQ Level 3/CIPD Level 3 or equivalent relevant experience and have a good standard of English and Maths
• Be able to demonstrate a successful track record of managing and developing HR processes such as recruitment, payroll, probationary periods, and low-level casework
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Publisher, MIS’s and applicant tracking systems
• Able to analyse data and present the findings in a variety of forms, tailored to the receiving audience
• Consistently accurate in your work
• Able to work independently and with others
• Value driven
• Able to form, develop and maintain professional relationships quickly
• Tenacious
• Committed to the highest standards of child protection and safeguarding

Informal telephone discussions, virtual meetings or visits to the Trust are most welcome prior to the closing date. Please contact Jodie Wallwork, Employee Relations Manager by email: jwallwork@invictus.education or telephone 01384 686558/07939 982295.

*Previous applicants need not apply*

Closing date: 17th May 2024, 9am, however, we do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive sufficient suitable applications.

Interviews will be held on a rolling basis; shortlisted candidates will be offered an interview and should a successful appointment be made; the advert will be closed and candidates informed.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, as a part of our recruitment process, we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2023 – KCSIE 2023

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.