GDST (The Girls' Day School Trust)
HR Manager Maternity Cover
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HR Manager (Maternity Cover)
Location
Ealing, Greater London
Contract Type
Fixed term contract
Hours
Full Time
Contract Length
15 months
Salary
£58,000 - £65,000
Posted
9th September 2026
Start Date
2nd November 2026
Expires
30th September 2026 11:59 AM
Job ID
1573084
Overview
Notting Hill & Ealing High School is seeking an experienced, confident, and highly capable HR Manager to join one of London's leading girls' schools on a 15-month fixed-term maternity-cover contract. There may be an opportunity to extend the appointment, subject to the substantive postholder's return date and the School's requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provide accessible, confident, and pragmatic HR advice to managers and colleagues.
- Build positive relationships and strengthen confidence in the HR service across the School.
- Review existing HR systems and processes and implement practical improvements.
- Work closely with Finance to strengthen the HR/payroll interface and accuracy of employee information.
- Manage and advise on a broad range of employee relations matters.
- Ensure recruitment, onboarding, safer recruitment, and HR compliance operate to consistently high standards, including effective oversight and maintenance of the School's Single Central Record (SCR).
- Use HR data and professional insight to identify emerging issues, risks, and opportunities.
- Work in close partnership with the GDST central HR team, drawing on specialist expertise and ensuring advice is translated into effective local action.
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About You
- Experienced HR Manager, HR Business Partner, or experienced HR Adviser ready to step into broader ownership.
- Strong technical HR knowledge with excellent judgement, warmth, resilience, and confidence to work independently in a visible role.
- Natural problem solver and completer who engages the right people and follows matters through.
- Comfortable handling a sensitive employee-relations discussion, advising a senior leader, improving a process, and dealing with operational details.
- Experience in education would be valuable but is not essential.
About The School
NHEHS is a leading academic day school. Our girls are ambitious, bright, enthusiastic, and eager to learn, and we offer a warm and supportive community. We occupy a site in suburban, leafy, west Ealing with excellent transport links. As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment, and competitive salaries and pay progression
- Membership of the GDST flexible pension scheme (18% employer contribution and flexibility to generate a pay top-up of up to 10% of pensionable salary in lieu of pension)
- Employee Assistance Programme via Health Assured, offering free 24-hour counselling, wellbeing support, and advice services
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Free lunches for all staff during term time (equivalent to at least £900 per year)
- In-school staff wellbeing activities such as yoga and access to the school gym
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Application
Further information about this position and how to apply is available by clicking the apply button. Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close applications and interviews at any point in the process.
Interviews will take place on 22nd September 2026 and 5th October 2026.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. To be eligible for employment, candidates must provide proof of their right to work in the UK.
Safeguarding
NHEHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS. Applications will be considered only from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion, and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected, and included.
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