Hr Officer

Working With Us

If you are looking for a diverse school with clear and effective behaviour policies and systems, a visible and supportive leadership team, useful but not onerous CPD, and frequent opportunities for promotion, then we are the school for you. We believe that our students need great outcomes to open doors that will help them make the best of their lives. Our students behave well, and so they achieve well. This is a product of our excellent behaviour systems. We have 6 non-teaching Heads of Year who support behaviour and welfare and run a fully centralised detention system. Exemplary behaviour can only be achieved through a highly visible Senior Leadership team, and they are constantly touring the Academy. CPD is bespoke, first and foremost in the subject and grounded in tried and tested methods of effective teaching such as modelling, questioning, literacy, practice and consolidation. We don't engage with the latest fads. We believe the best approach to workload and wellbeing is to run a highly effective school with gives people purpose and avoids unnecessary work. Our sizeable department teams mean that despite our excellent retention rates, opportunities for promotion are frequent and exciting. I really hope that you'll be joining our team. Our four values of endeavour, kindness, respect and responsibility are at the heart of everything we do.

Harris Academy South Norwood is an extremely popular 11-19 academy. We have 180 students in each year group, a size that enables us to know what each of our students need. We deliver a broad and challenging curriculum to all our students in a calm and well-ordered environment. We have high expectations of all members of the school community. This is reflected in our consistently high student performance at GCSE, progression to post 16 study at our sixth form and then on to some of the best universities in the country. Our sixth form is rated outstanding by Ofsted. Last year 188 of our year 11 students chose to remain with us for the sixth form.

Boasting one of the most unique school buildings in the country Harris Academy, Clocktower perfectly blends classic British architecture with modern contemporary design. With our main building built newly in 2007 HASN is a modern Academy that boasts open plan corridors and skylight panels across the main building. The classic Stanley building dating back to 1907 provides a charm and a history that compliments the new stylings of the main building and provides a reminder of the scholarly traditional values that a Harris Academy South Norwood education is built upon.

We are very fortunate to have excellent transport links to central London (some trains get to London Bridge in 11mins) and just 4 minutes on the train from East Croydon. The Clocktower campus is a 6 minute walk from Norwood Junction train station.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that all requests for leave comply with Academy policies and procedures for support staff
• Monitoring attendance and punctuality of all teaching staff, following up causes for concern
• Overseeing the accuracy of staffing data, following up with appropriate action where required
• Overseeing the staff workforce census return
• Liaison with catering company for organisation of Academy events
• Overseeing the work of peripatetic or other casual staff, ensuring they are deployed appropriately, correct safeguarding procedures are followed and pay is organised in liaison with the Finance Officer
• Oversight of the Academy asset register
• Organisation of preferred suppliers
• Oversight of all service level agreements
• Oversight of ensuring the Academy has the correct licensing agreements in place
• Oversight of records of all maintenance contracts
• Overall management of the Academy’s single central record
• Overall responsibility for the recruitment and appointments process for new staff, including preparing job descriptions and person specifications, advertising, processing job applications, requesting references, arranging interviews, organising pre-employment checks and ensuring all documentation is in order prior to start date
• Auditing teaching staff sickness records and preparing termly reports
• Organisation and maintenance of confidential staff files
• Carrying out HR tasks including referrals to occupational health, organising interviews with the Executive Principal, liaising with staff representatives as required
• Working closely with Business Manager to produce salary assessments etc;
• Directing staff to the correct source of information regarding pensions, salaries, maternity, grievance, complaints etc
• Assisting with all matters relating to day to day staff welfare and personnel functions
• Maintaining and regularly updating staff contact details and vehicle information
• Updating staff lists, extension numbers and structure charts as necessary

What We are Looking For

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
• Knowledge of Microsoft software packages
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
• Secure knowledge of HR legislation
• Basic knowledge of financial procedures
• Knowledge of procurement processes
• Knowledge of the key principles of staff management
• Training in the use of a variety of ICT packages
• At least five years’ experience working an office environment
• At least two years' experience of managing a team of staff in a variety of different areas
• Experience of training staff successfully in a range of duties
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of working to targets and deadlines
• Experience of managing meetings
• Experience of developing policies, processes and procedures

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

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