HR Officer

We welcome applications for this support post to commence as soon as possible.

The Role

To act as a first point of contact for HR queries, provide staff support and ensure efficient administration, organisation and monitoring of key HR processes.

Department information

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly organised individual for this HR Officer role. The role is a new addition, created to support the growth of our dynamic and friendly team comprising the HR Manager, Deputy HR Manager, Payroll and Finance Officer, and working alongside our existing HR Officer.

We are looking for someone with exceptional administrative and organisational skills, a keen eye for accuracy, and a proactive approach to their work. You will enjoy taking initiative, seeking out opportunities to improve processes, and offering support where needed to help the team achieve its goals.

If you are looking to grow your HR career within a friendly and professional environment, we’d love to hear from you!

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include:

• Act as a key point of contact for HR-related queries, providing accurate advice and support to staff, and escalating to the HR Manager or Deputy HR Manager when necessary.
• Support all aspects of staff recruitment, from advertisement to pre-employment checks, ensuring a proactive approach to reducing time-to-hire, compliance with safer recruitment guidelines, and providing regular updates to managers on onboarding progress.
• Accurately manage and deliver all HR administrative processes, including maintaining the HR database, staff files, and staff hub.
• To monitor and report on key data including but not limited to monthly absence data, turnover, induction feedback, salary benchmarking etc. as requested by relevant managers and SLT, providing advice and commentary where appropriate.
• Assist with lower-level casework.
• Take a proactive approach to managing staff absence, including daily monitoring of triggers and producing the daily absence report, tracking long-term sickness cases and entitlements, and maintaining accurate records of employees under absence monitoring procedures.

For the full job description please see attached ‘Job Pack’.

The Successful Candidate

Cardinal Newman College is a wonderful place to work, and this is an exciting opportunity for a enthusiastic and experienced candidate to join our friendly and well established HR department.

The HR department is looking for someone who is educated to level 3, has experience in an administrative role as well the ability to work flexibly in line with competing demands.

You should display the values, attitudes, and behaviours consistent with the Catholic Ethos of the College and have a commitment to equality/diversity and the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: 37 hours per week, full year. Starting and finishing times as agreed. Part time requests will be considered.

Salary: The post will be paid on the Sixth Form Colleges’ Support Staff Pay Spine at points 10 to 14 - pro rata to £25,276 to £28,549 per annum.

Closing date for receipt of applications:  11.59pm on Wednesday 11th December 2024 (we reserve the right to close the advert in advance of this date).

Why work at Cardinal Newman College?

We are a happy and thriving Catholic Sixth Form College committed to equality and diversity, welcoming colleagues from all backgrounds into our community irrespective of their religion or belief, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital or pregnancy status.

An outstanding college in every aspect, Cardinal Newman is one of the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally for Value Added. We recognise the invaluable contribution our dedicated staff make to the success of our students and the College as whole. As such, our aim is to foster a culture where staff feel valued and supported.

We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including:  

• Generous Pension schemes for both teachers and support staff  
• Pro rata to 22 days holiday (increasing to 25 days after 5 years’ service) plus 4 concessionary days and bank holidays for support staff
• A genuine commitment to staff health and wellbeing
• Staff receive 2 weeks off at Christmas in line with the college holidays for which they do not need to take annual leave.
• Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and Techscheme
• Free use of the on-site gym  
• Access to professional development and the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications through apprenticeships
• Flu Vouchers
• Staff savings scheme

More detailed information on further staff benefits can be found within our staff perks document attached.

Completed application forms should be submitted by 11.59pm on Wednesday 11th December 2024 (we reserve the right to close the advert in advance of this date).

We will confirm receipt of all applications by email within one working day of receipt.  Please call the HR team if you have not received a confirmation email by the closing date. We do ask that you accept, in the interests of economy, that if you have not heard from us by the end of December that you have not been selected for interview on this occasion.

Further Information

Further details are available at http://www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk/ or by telephone to the college on or .

All offers of appointment are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance as well as a range of other safer recruitment checks.