Job Description
Location: Gosport, Portsmouth, or Hybrid (with occasional travel to academies in Berkshire and Sussex)
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join King’s Group
Academies (KGA) as our new HR Operations Manager.
KGA is a growing multi-academy trust comprising 14 schools across the South East. As we continue to
expand, we recognise the need to enhance our operational HR function to ensure that our academies
receive consistent, high-quality HR support. This is where your expertise comes in!
In this pivotal role, you will be an experienced and confident HR generalist, ideally familiar with education
sector terms and conditions. Your primary focus will be to review and improve HR business processes and systems across our Central HR function, and to establish best practices across the Trust.
A key aspect of your role will involve managing and supporting our HR Services team, who are the day-to-day point of contact for our academy Headteachers and Business Managers. By equipping the team to deliver exceptional service, your work will have a profound and lasting impact.
Our HR Services team is based in Hampshire, and you can choose to be based in one of our Gosport schools or work in a hybrid model, with regular time spent in Hampshire and occasional visits to academies in Berkshire and East Sussex.
In return, you will receive support and professional development from KGA’s Director of People. This role presents a unique opportunity to help build a strong HR team and contribute positively to the education of nearly 10,000 pupils. Our vision is to provide these pupils with Opportunity and Success on a Global Stage, and we are looking for someone who shares this ambition. If you are excited by the prospect of helping our academies recruit, retain, and develop outstanding staff, we encourage you to apply.
Our Offer to You:
Salary: The salary range for this role is £47,185 - £49,574 (L1-L3).
Working for KGA delivers all the benefits you would expect from a large employer including:
. Generous annual leave and other holiday entitlements along with flexible working
. Entry into the Local Government Pension Scheme
. Employee Assistance Programme
. Discount schemes
How to Apply:
To apply, please either create an account and complete the application form, or visit the main KGA website (cut and paste the link to your browser); https://www.kingsacademies.uk/page/?title=HR+Operations+Manager&pid=60&action=saved
Application Deadline: 12:00 PM on Friday, 11 October 2024.
Selection Process:
. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in the first round of selection activities on Tuesday, 29th October 2024 at King’s Academy College Park, Portsmouth.
. Successful candidates from the first round will be invited for interviews, which will be held online on Thursday, 31st October 2024.
Where a role receives a high volume of applicants, we may need to occasionally close a vacancy before the published closing date of the advert. Interviews may be arranged as suitable applications are received.
Any offer of employment will be conditional on receipt of; Proof of right to work in the UK / Satisfactory references / Pre employment medical check / Clear enhanced DBS check
King’s Group Academies pursues a policy of equality of opportunity. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups
Safeguarding statement
King’s Group Academies is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks. We will also consider carrying out an online search as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates as recommended by KCSiE.
It is a criminal offence to apply for or accept a position (paid or unpaid) working with children if you are excluded from such work by virtue of a court order or exclusion by the DBS. Although a criminal record involving offences against children is likely to debar you from appointment of this type of post, the existence of other criminal convictions will not necessarily be a bar to employment.