Ashley Kate HR are pleased to be working with a leading Education client in Northampton on a new People Partner role.
Based on site salary up to £40k per year.
Reporting to the HR Manager, you will support a diverse client group across both academic and support functions and be responsible for providing HR guidance across the business in line with organisational policies and procedures.
You will be involved in the end to end life cycle from Talent Management, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Succession and Engagement.
You will provide HR advice and guidance to management and lead on casework management.
You will also need to work with the Union Representative on any consultation issues.
As the lead you will be involved in all aspects of performance management, be it grievance, absence, misconduct and you will have to ensure that appropriate resolutions are met in a timely and consistent manner.
You will also need to do a full risk analysis of complex case and identify all potential outcomes and implications.
Under the People and Organisation Development manager you will liaise with external bodies as needed, pertaining to the safeguarding of children and so ideally you will have previous experience of dealing with Local authorities and the DBS.
Following a recent restructure you will be required to work closely to embed workforce strategies that focus on organisational improvements.
This will involve developing and coaching managers across inclusion, employee engagement and a high performance culture mindset.
You will also provide guidance across HR Policies and practices and keep comprehensive reports and quality checks are completed as needed.
On top of the main duties you will be involved in HR project work as needed and ensure consistency of processes and practice across the workforce.
What we need from you: CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent or willing to work towards You will have ideally worked within an Educational setting or a charity/health environment where safeguarding is involved.
A background in using HRIS for reporting and analytics is key.
Strong Employee Relations experience and a proven background of working in a unionised environment.
A pragmatic individual with a commercial style.
High level of written and Oral communication.
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