Director Of Human Resources

Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
Belgrave Road
Birmingham
B12 9FF

Telephone number: 0121 446 2255

Email: HR@jcc.ac.uk

Required as soon as possible

An exciting opportunity has arisen at our outstanding college for a talented and forward-thinking Director of Human Resources.
As the Director of Human Resources, you will have the autonomy to lead and develop all aspects of the people strategy and HR operations for Joseph Chamberlain College.
As part of this role, you will also lead the development and implementation of plans, processes, and other initiatives to recruit, develop and retain the College’s exceptionally talented workforce. The role is wide ranging in nature and requires a strategic thinker who is comfortable providing operational oversight in a fast-paced environment, and who is determined to seek innovative solutions to workforce challenges in the education sector. Therefore, we are seeking an experienced and well qualified professional.
You will be expected to work closely with the Principal and CEO and will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, developing policies and practices to ensure that the quality of HR support at the College is maintained to the highest possible standard.
Situated within easy reach of Birmingham City Centre, we are a highly successful and vibrant College, having been graded as ‘outstanding’ in all categories once again in December 2023 by Ofsted.
Our College excels in providing a broad, inclusive and high-quality education to all of our learners, which has resulted in some of the highest levels of progression to Higher Education in the sector. In 2023, students at Joseph Chamberlain College achieved excellent exam results, as they have done for many years.
You will be working in a state-of-the-art building with superbly equipped classrooms and facilities, and continue to grow in size due to demand.
We have been featured in the Parliamentary Review for best practice in further education for the second time and we have been awarded the Teachers’ Development Trust (TDT) Silver Award for our comprehensive package of innovative and high impact professional development.
If you are aspirational for all young people and want to play a part in shaping their futures, we would really like to hear from you.
The salary for this post will be circa £60,000 per annum, FTE.
The hours of work will be full-time, 36.5 hours per week, all year round. (Part-time contract of 0.8 FTE may be considered).

How to apply

For job details and to apply, please visit our website. Please refer to the application pack.

For any queries, please contact the HR department via e-mail HR@jcc.ac.uk or call 0121 446 2255.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.