Senior HR Adviser - #1675515

Senior HR Adviser – Schools

(permanent and fixed term contract positions)

Our Human Resources & Organisational Development Division is hiring

We’re entering an exciting new chapter. Following a recent restructure, we’re focused on redefining the way we grow and thrive - together.

We are looking to recruit Senior HR Advisers (x4), with a specific focus on schools. You will either be CIPD qualified/part qualified or have equivalent level of relevant HR experience.

Three roles will be on a permanent basis and one role on a fixed-term contract (2 years).

About The Role

You will act as the HR link officer, delivering effective, professional and customer-focussed HR advice and interventions to support the delivery of a group of schools’ aims and objectives, in line with Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) requirements.

The Senior HR Adviser will be a key adviser to Headteachers and school-based managers and will support the HR Manager in providing high level operational and complex advice to Headteachers and Governing Bodies.

About You

Ideally, you will have worked and/or provided professional HR advice and intervention in a school or within the educational environment. You will have sound knowledge and understanding of best practice human resources management in industrial and employee relations coupled with a thorough understanding of the practical application of current and upcoming employment law.

You will have worked in a collaborative environment with managers, employees, and trades unions to achieve staffing-related service delivery improvements.

You will have significant experience in Employee Relations, and good knowledge and understanding of other HR areas (e.g. recruitment, learning and development, HR policy and HR systems) and how a joined-up approach is crucial in providing a seamless professional service.

Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work. Benefiting from excellent transport links ranging from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line to the Uber boat, we’re one of the easiest boroughs to get to and navigate your way around.

Employee benefits include:

• A range of flexible working arrangements
• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential, including excellent apprenticeship opportunities at all levels
• Vibrant staff support networks
• GreenwichCard which entitles you to discounts at local businesses
• Payroll giving scheme
• Generous leave entitlement, starting at 29 days per year (plus bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Scheme including external counselling service
  
  
  

If you’re ready to make a significant impact, apply today. Join us in our mission to improve residents’ lives and opportunities.

For more information, please see attached job documents. When completing your application form, please detail in the supporting statement section how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification document.



For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Samantha Dyer, HR Manager; [email protected] 020 8921 5358

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact [email protected] or call 020-8921-8977

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Royal Greenwich is committed to being an inclusive employer and we recognise that flexible ways of working are a valuable tool in improving workplace equality. The Council is committed to providing a wide and flexible range of working arrangements including hybrid working for its workforce where service needs allow and we welcome this discussion with prospective applicants. The delivery of high quality services to our residents is at the heart of all we do - all requests for flexible working will be carefully considered in this context and on a service/case basis.