HR Manager | Schools HR Team | Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale at fa-esms-saasfaukgovprod1 in Lancashire, United Kingdom

Job description

• Salary £46,142 - £51,356 | Full time, 37 hours | Permanent | Schools HR Team
• Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
• Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a role where you can make a real difference?
• We're looking for a skilled and motivated HR Manager to join our successful Schools HR Team. This is an exciting opportunity to support schools across Lancashire, helping headteachers, governors and leaders navigate complex people matters while ensuring schools remain great places for both staff and pupils.
• You'll partner with education leaders to provide expert HR advice, deliver practical solutions and support schools through a wide range of employment matters, organisational change initiatives and workforce challenges.
• As a HR Manager within our Schools Team, you'll provide high-quality HR support to Schools. This will initially be across Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale, although you may also be required to support colleagues in other areas of the county, or move to schools in other areas at a later date.
• You'll take ownership of complex casework, advise on policy and organisational change, deliver training and build trusted relationships with school leaders and governing bodies.
• This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. From supporting Headteachers with employee relations matters to delivering training and helping schools navigate change, you'll play a key role in ensuring our customers receive a responsive, professional and commercially focused service.

Responsibilities

• To undertake and effectively manage serious and complex casework, providing high-quality HR advice, predominantly within an allocated geographic area.
• To review, develop and implement HR policies and procedures.
• To work effectively with trade unions to promote positive employee relations.
• To develop and deliver training and development programmes for Headteachers, Governors and other school leaders.
• To contribute to the continuous improvement of the Schools HR Team service offer and identify new business opportunities as they arise.

Requirements

• Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the confidence to take ownership of and accountability for the advice and guidance provided to customers.
• Sound knowledge of employment law, effective people management practices, and local and national issues affecting the management of schools and the conditions of service for school teachers.
• Recent experience of successfully performing in a similar role within a diverse, complex and challenging environment.
• The ability to demonstrate resilience, energy and reliability when working in pressured situations.
• CIPD qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent recent and relevant professional HR experience.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.
• Flexibility to attend meetings outside normal office hours on occasion, including school governing board meetings where required.
• Although this is a full-time position, we welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time working arrangements and/or a job-share opportunity.
• This role offers agile working. The successful candidate will be required to regularly attend meetings in schools as part of service delivery and will also be required to work from County Hall, Preston, as necessary.

Skills

Required

• Sound knowledge of employment law
• Effective people management practices

Benefits

• In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.