The role
Are you an HR generalist advisor looking for growth in your career - putting your skills to support our team within the education sector?
Are you looking for a varied role, in a constantly changing but rewarding environment, where no two days are the same?
Could this opportunity fulfill your next career move?
We are looking for an experienced HR generalist to join our Company HR team, who has worked in an advisory capacity to support internal teams and line managers. The HR Partner role is a key element within our provision, working closely with departmental leaders across the organisation to aid them to effectively undertake and enhance our continuing work supporting educational clients.
You are already a successful HR practitioner and have proven abilities to work collaboratively using your initiative to achieve positive business and team outcomes. You will be comfortable working with a varied range of managers and clients, understanding their needs and experience to add value through your practitioner guidance and recommendations. You manage your time and outputs well to deliver against deadlines, and with genuine credibility built through the experience of your current role.
This is an exciting time to join the team. The education sector is always evolving, and you will be supporting our teams deliver their priorities through the successful delivery of our People Plan.
Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Louise Brace, Head of Company HR, who would be happy to chat to you via louise.brace@hfleducation.org
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- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 following five years’ service) plus bank holidays
- A range of additional leave (compassionate, emergency, pregnancy related sickness, and disability leave for appointments)
- Pension scheme (10% employer contribution)
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual company bonus opportunity
- Learning and development opportunities including academic sponsorship
- Occupational sick/maternity/adoption pay
- Access to HFL Extras, our online platform with a wide range of savings, discounts and cashback opportunities
- Paid leave entitlement to undertake voluntary work; we especially encourage school governors
- Hybrid flexible working with support on commuting expenses
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which provides advice and support, including a counselling service
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Modern office facilities
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To apply, email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org with an up-to-date CV along with a cover letter to include responses to the following:
- A concise summary of your practitioner experience gained within your most recent roles
- Why you are interested in becoming part of the HFL team.
- Please give an example of when you have provided partnering support to a manager on a complex employee relations matter
- What approach did you take?
- How did you support the manager to bring the matter to a successful conclusion?
- Please give an example of a HR project you have worked on with multiple stakeholders
- How did you take into account and manage different opinions and views?
- What was the outcome?
- What did you learn from this process?
As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.
For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above. We would love to hear from you.
Please also complete and submit the HFL Equal opportunities monitoring form.
At a glance
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Contract: Fixed term contract, 12 months, maternity leave cover
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Hours: 30hrs per week (to be worked over 4 or 5 days), 52 weeks per year. Flexible working patterns will be considered but will need to balance operational support requirements
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Salary: FTE £40,000 - £47,000 per annum, plus a range of benefits. (Pro-rata to working hours)
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Location: Hybrid working, consisting of remote working with the flexibility to work typically up to 2 days per week at our offices in Stevenage, Hertfordshire or in nearby locations
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Closing date: The job advert may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. To make sure you don’t miss out on this great opportunity, please submit your application as soon as you can.
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Interviews: To be confirmed.
Job outline
Contact us
We are a committed Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the BITC Race at Work Charter reflecting our continuing commitment to be unbiased across our recruitment and workplace practices.
We actively encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us. We use an anonymous application process to ensure we always select candidates based on their skills and competencies. When two or more candidates have equal merit, the candidate with protected characteristics will have an advantage over others. This tie-breaker approach is described as positive action in the Equality Act 2010 and we believe strongly in the power of overcoming disadvantage.
If you are invited to interview, please be prepared to discuss the subject of unconscious bias with us. These conversations are extremely useful in giving us an idea of what working together will be like.
HFL is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building and celebrating an environment that is inclusive and equitable, in which everyone can flourish, regardless of race, age, sexuality, gender, disability, or status.