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SalarySenior HR Advisor / HR Business Partner
Salary £35,360pa
Ready to apply your expert HR knowledge and skills within a unique charity? The Deaf Academy is recruiting for a Senior HR Advisor to support our people and culture strategy across the organisation. You’ll be experienced at advising on a range of employee relations, recruitment, and development projects, having people and organisation development at the heart of all you do.
About the role
The Senior HR Advisor role is a new position for the academy, in recognising the strategic role that HR has in shaping organisation development. You’ll have extensive knowledge of HR and employment law, ready to apply it in a generalist HR role in working alongside leaders to develop and support, providing expert advice and guidance in applying HR policies. The role will be a deputy to the Head of HR, with responsibility for the main daily operational aspects of HR and working on strategic HR projects. You will have a keen eye for detail in leading on our HR System and reports. You’ll work in our small HR team of 4, line managing an Apprentice administrator. The role will be challenging and fast paced but very rewarding in seeing how your work impacts on the academy.
Our Charity is unique in providing education (School, College and Post-19) and residential care, being a specialist provision in supporting Deaf young people with additional complex needs. Although you may not have worked with Deaf people before you will be committed to learning about Deafness and British Sign Language. With our exciting new and ambitious 5-year strategic plan in place, come and join us in making a difference!
About you:
- Experienced HR Advisor
- Organised, detail focused and experienced in using HR systems
- Pragmatic and solution focused
- Experienced in recruitment, employee relations and employee development
- Ready to lead in some exciting and key employee development projects, with clear milestones, and actions
Our offer to you:
- Group Personal Pension including 8% employer contribution
- Life assurance scheme of x3 the employees actual salary
- Sponsorship for further professional study and development, including a Chartered Experience Assessment or a Level 7 HR Qualification
- Sponsorship to achieve British Sign Language (BSL) qualifications up to Level 3
- Recruitment referral bonus scheme of £500 in total
- Free on-site parking (Academy site)
- Cycle to work scheme
- The opportunity to join a committed team of professionals working together to secure high achievement for all our young people
- Corporate sick pay, and Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Access to a 24/7 Employee assistance program
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive team, part of a larger Charity and located within a very close proximity to the beach.
For an informal discussion about role please contact Jenna Spelman on 01395 203176, or to come for tour of our academy please contact HR@thedeafacademy.ac.uk.
Deadline for applications: Friday 5th April 09:00
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