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HR Director (Temporary 3-Month Position)
A client of ours is recruiting an HR Director to join their team. This is a temporary 3-month position working Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm, with a start date at the end of August. The role is paying a competitive hourly rate, dependent on experience. This position will be working across two sites, based in Benfleet and Grays.
Responsibilities
Your key duties in this HR Manager role will include but are not limited to:
- Leading the HR function across the College, providing strategic and operational leadership.
- Working closely with the College Principal, Senior Management Team and Governing Board to deliver the College's people strategy.
- Developing and implementing workforce planning, talent management and employee engagement initiatives.
- Leading organisational change programmes and supporting the College through transformation projects.
- Managing recruitment and retention strategies to attract and retain high-quality staff.
- Providing expert advice on complex employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, capability, absence management and Employment Tribunals.
- Developing reward, recognition and performance management frameworks to support a high-performance culture.
- Managing and developing the HR team, ensuring an effective and proactive HR service.
- Building strong relationships with trade unions and external stakeholders.
- Using workforce data and HR metrics to identify trends and support strategic decision-making.
- Ensuring compliance with employment legislation, safeguarding, PREVENT responsibilities and HR best practice.
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Skills and Experience Required
- CIPD Level 7 qualified with MCIPD or FCIPD preferred.
- Significant experience in a senior HR leadership role, ideally as an HR Manager, Head of HR or HR Director.
- Proven track record of delivering strategic HR initiatives, organisational development and change management.
- Extensive experience managing complex employee relations issues and advising senior leaders.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing HR teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at Executive and Board level.
- Experience within Further Education, Higher Education, the Public Sector or another large, complex organisation would be highly desirable.
- Experience of working with trade unions and supporting Ofsted inspections is advantageous.
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