Interim HR Manager - £25,522 pro rata (£42,537 FTE per annum)

Location: Craven Street with hybrid working
Band/Job Level: Band F, Manager/Specialist
Salary: Starting salary of £25,522 (£42,537 FTE) per annum
Working Pattern: 21 hours ideally over 3 full days a week but open to other flexible working options

A fixed term opportunity has arisen to join the College’s small but friendly Human Resources department for an Interim HR Manager.

This opportunity has been created to enable the team to deliver critical people related projects and activities which support the college’s team members in the delivery of our strategic aims.

Reporting to the Director of People, the key purpose of the role will be to provide HR related project delivery support to the Director of People, managing and working on the delivery of key change projects to HR practices, managing and delivery of staff engagement, training and development and talent management related business as usual.

The main responsibilities for the role holder will be:

Staff engagement

• developing with the College’s Staff Engagement Committee, launching and managing the delivery of the College’s 12 month wellbeing calendar of activities to budget
• managing and fully engaging in monthly Staff Engagement Committee meetings. Ensuring HR is represented, committee has good representation levels and including chairing on a rota basis with members, researching topics and taking forward initiatives and ensuring resourced
• designing and delivering of all staff end of year, summer event
• managing set up, chairing quarterly staff award panels and communicating winners, reviewing scheme with SEC as needed

College onboarding and probations

• working with the HR Officer and other relevant stakeholders and departments and reviewing and developing the College’s onboarding and induction. Producing clear guidelines/support pack for those involved in delivery and launching once agreed
• developing guidelines and delivering training to managers on all aspects of handling probations, including setting goals, early coaching to prevent problems and challenges

Training, personal development and reward forecasting

• working with the CPD team to set up College learning events on the LMS system, launching to staff
• working with HR Officer, developing the College’s annual training plan including sourcing of external solutions and in house delivery of training to meet College training needs and maximise budget
• managing the College’s new Performance and Development Review process from start to finish, including producing annual timelines, sign post letters for managers and staff on key activities, providing advice and training as needed to get the most benefit from the activity and overseeing. Also considering and implementing ways to develop effective performance and development goal setting
• forecasting and producing costings for increments due at the mid and end point of Performance and Development Reviews to enable budget planning
• exploring, recommending and developing career development opportunities for staff

HR Systems and streamlining

• managing the migration of HR files to our new SharePoint platform including creation with the HR Officer of folders, data cleanse and testing migration
• inputting into creation and launch Staff Intranet on SharePoint where staff can access, share information
• managing automation of appraisals, training requests within the College to enable creation of one shared space, all inputting and reviewing appraisals can access

HR Advice

• managing and advising on complex HR cases and providing advice and guidance to HR Officer in Director of People’s absence as and when required
• participating in the effective running of the HR department including providing absence cover as appropriate for HR Officer when necessary and as directed by the Director of People

To be considered for the role candidates will need to be/have:

• CIPD qualified or have other relevant qualifications – level 5 upwards or equivalent experience
• strong written and verbal communication skills
• understanding of effective learning, training and personal development concepts, appraisals, onboarding principles and best practice
• proven experience of management, automation and streamlining of HR activities
• experience in managing and delivering HR review projects
• ability to prioritise, balance long and short term priorities, work on own initiative and work to deadlines
• good coaching, stakeholder engagement skills
• good level of attention to detail, especially when dealing with HR system design and migration
• good Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• proven experience in providing excellent customer service, influencing, coaching others
• experience of providing advice and guidance on ER HR issues

• First interviews will take place on 20 March 2025 at our offices in Craven Street, London
• Second interviews will take place on 27 March 2025 remotely via Teams

• Typical working hours at the College are 9 am to 5 pm (7 hours, excluding lunch). We operate a flexible working window from 8 am to 6 pm where you can vary your start and end time (working a 7 hour day)
• We also offer hybrid working (a mixture of home and office working). Typically College staff will work around 20 - 40% of their time at the workplace (whether this is the office at Craven St, or a face-to-face meeting, event at another business related site or organisation) per week

The College is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and to avoiding discrimination. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation. In support of this we follow a fair recruitment process in which shortlisting and other recruitment decisions are made on the basis of skills, competencies and experience demonstrated in the application and interview process. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made to support your application due to a disability or other condition please let us know.

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