We are delighted to present the exciting opportunities available in our senior HR role at St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College. Our institution prides itself on being a vibrant learning community, underpinned by a distinct ethos that drives our mission of excellence in teaching and learning. As we seek to appoint a senior HR professional, it is paramount that candidates embody our high expectations and share our dedication to enhancing the success of our students. The successful applicant will be a diligent individual who is committed to supporting our back-office functions, ensuring that all staff can thrive in their roles. You will bring recent experience in HR, demonstrating an ability to contribute effectively towards outstanding organisational results. A reflective and inquisitive mindset is crucial, alongside exceptional communication skills and a strong capability in presentation and written communication.
Role Profile
Role Overview To provide an effective Human Resource and Payroll service that ensures high-quality, consistent, robust, proactive and timely advice. Key Responsibilities: To ensure the College works in line with national and local guidelines and College policies, providing the point of contact for all staff members and ensuring HR related policy documents are kept up to date with legal, College, Academy Trust, Catholic Education Service (CES)/Bradford Council requirements making recommendations to Senior Leaders/Governors as required. Take a lead role in planning, development, design, organisation and monitoring of personnel and HR elements of financial support related systems/procedures/policies. Be a principal point of contact for HR for the Business Manager, Headteacher, Governing Body other staff and the Academy Trust. To ensure the preparation and provision of and deliver HR related reports for the Governing Body, and Senior Managers. To support the Business Manager in producing and managing the College HR Budget, ensuring the collation and interpretation of raw data, detailed calculations and the costing of different policy options; linking the budget with the College Improvement Plan and Ofsted Action Plan. To oversee the accurate maintenance and update of Personnel records on College systems (including the College’s Management Information Systems (MISs) (Arbor and Access Budgeting)). Provide organisational and complex advisory support to Senior Leaders and the Governing Body and to other staff regarding Human Resources, payroll understanding, interpreting and challenging guidelines. Create and maintain diagrammatic and documentary representations of the organisation of the College and its processes and provide detailed input to the Headteacher with regard to organisation structure changes. Liaison with external bodies such as the Academy Trust, Catholic Education Service, Payroll, Pension providers, HMRC and Occupational Health. Manage complex administrative procedures (interpreting and challenging guidelines). Monthly checking of tabulations from payroll with staff records; investigation and correction of inconsistencies. Ensure the following administrative tasks are undertaken effectively: Creation of manual and computerised personnel files and archiving. Updating and maintaining HR data in the MISs, ensuring accuracy including new starter, sickness and other absences, maternity, change of contract etc. Produce, and respond to, complex correspondence and queries relating to HR issues. Preparation and placing of advertisements in appropriate media and obtaining best value. Collation and distribution of application packs. Arrangements for short listing and interviews. Taking part in interviews for support staff, casual and cleaning. Producing appointment letter package. Obtaining/checking references, immigration asylum requirements, DBS, Teacher Service. Creation of records and liaison with HR and payroll. Production of CES contracts/Contract renewal. Administration of professional reviews for staff. Pay statements production. Changes to pay scales/methods (e.g. introduction of TLR – teachers). Administration of pay review process (e.g. assimilation – support staff). Threshold application processing. Interview and selection processes ensuring all HR and DfES guidelines are met. Undertaking HR related risk assessment (including maternity) and making recommendations. DBS /GTC processing. NQT and GTP administration. Management of the Sickness and self-certification process ensuring completion of forms at start and end of absence, receipt of sick notes, advising payroll and updating MIS with absence data. Salary adjustment processing and returns to Payroll and HR. Overtime processing. Filing and archiving. Oversee related staff career development including the performance review/appraisal scheme and reviewing training requirements. Whilst every endeavour has been made to outline the main duties and responsibilities of the post, a document such as this does not permit every item to be specified in detail. Broad headings, therefore, may have been used, in which case all the usual associated routines are naturally included in the job profile. Employees should not refuse to undertake work, which is not specified on this form, but they should record any additional duties they are required to perform and these will be taken into account when the post is reviewed. You will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager/Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level and to support your team by undertaking duties of all the team to a similar level to your role. St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College is a two site College – the role holder should be aware that you may be asked to work on either site. Salary & Terms
Salary from £29962 to £31500 - 37 hours per week. Term time plus 2 weeks fixed term in the first instance until 31.12.2025 Location
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College Bradford West Yorkshire Application Procedure
Please complete the forms below and email to Personnel We are committed to equality of opportunity. We are committed to safeguarding young people; enhanced DBS, and social media checks required.
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Role Overview To provide an effective Human Resource and Payroll service that ensures high-quality, consistent, robust, proactive and timely advice. Key Responsibilities: To ensure the College works in line with national and local guidelines and College policies, providing the point of contact for all staff members and ensuring HR related policy documents are kept up to date with legal, College, Academy Trust, Catholic Education Service (CES)/Bradford Council requirements making recommendations to Senior Leaders/Governors as required. Take a lead role in planning, development, design, organisation and monitoring of personnel and HR elements of financial support related systems/procedures/policies. Be a principal point of contact for HR for the Business Manager, Headteacher, Governing Body other staff and the Academy Trust. To ensure the preparation and provision of and deliver HR related reports for the Governing Body, and Senior Managers. To support the Business Manager in producing and managing the College HR Budget, ensuring the collation and interpretation of raw data, detailed calculations and the costing of different policy options; linking the budget with the College Improvement Plan and Ofsted Action Plan. To oversee the accurate maintenance and update of Personnel records on College systems (including the College’s Management Information Systems (MISs) (Arbor and Access Budgeting)). Provide organisational and complex advisory support to Senior Leaders and the Governing Body and to other staff regarding Human Resources, payroll understanding, interpreting and challenging guidelines. Create and maintain diagrammatic and documentary representations of the organisation of the College and its processes and provide detailed input to the Headteacher with regard to organisation structure changes. Liaison with external bodies such as the Academy Trust, Catholic Education Service, Payroll, Pension providers, HMRC and Occupational Health. Manage complex administrative procedures (interpreting and challenging guidelines). Monthly checking of tabulations from payroll with staff records; investigation and correction of inconsistencies. Ensure the following administrative tasks are undertaken effectively: Creation of manual and computerised personnel files and archiving. Updating and maintaining HR data in the MISs, ensuring accuracy including new starter, sickness and other absences, maternity, change of contract etc. Produce, and respond to, complex correspondence and queries relating to HR issues. Preparation and placing of advertisements in appropriate media and obtaining best value. Collation and distribution of application packs. Arrangements for short listing and interviews. Taking part in interviews for support staff, casual and cleaning. Producing appointment letter package. Obtaining/checking references, immigration asylum requirements, DBS, Teacher Service. Creation of records and liaison with HR and payroll. Production of CES contracts/Contract renewal. Administration of professional reviews for staff. Pay statements production. Changes to pay scales/methods (e.g. introduction of TLR – teachers). Administration of pay review process (e.g. assimilation – support staff). Threshold application processing. Interview and selection processes ensuring all HR and DfES guidelines are met. Undertaking HR related risk assessment (including maternity) and making recommendations. DBS /GTC processing. NQT and GTP administration. Management of the Sickness and self-certification process ensuring completion of forms at start and end of absence, receipt of sick notes, advising payroll and updating MIS with absence data. Salary adjustment processing and returns to Payroll and HR. Overtime processing. Filing and archiving. Oversee related staff career development including the performance review/appraisal scheme and reviewing training requirements. Whilst every endeavour has been made to outline the main duties and responsibilities of the post, a document such as this does not permit every item to be specified in detail. Broad headings, therefore, may have been used, in which case all the usual associated routines are naturally included in the job profile. Employees should not refuse to undertake work, which is not specified on this form, but they should record any additional duties they are required to perform and these will be taken into account when the post is reviewed. You will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager/Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level and to support your team by undertaking duties of all the team to a similar level to your role. St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College is a two site College – the role holder should be aware that you may be asked to work on either site. Salary & Terms
Salary from £29962 to £31500 - 37 hours per week. Term time plus 2 weeks fixed term in the first instance until 31.12.2025 Location
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College Bradford West Yorkshire Application Procedure
Please complete the forms below and email to Personnel We are committed to equality of opportunity. We are committed to safeguarding young people; enhanced DBS, and social media checks required.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
