{"id":12,"date":"2025-01-23T12:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/bre\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:33:37","slug":"role-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/role-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Description – Head of HR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Job<\/strong> title:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Head of Human Resources<\/p>\n

Reports to:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Chief Finance Officer<\/p>\n

Salary scale:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a380,000<\/p>\n

Job<\/strong> Purpose<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To develop and deliver people management practices which support the Foundation\u2019s charitable aims and objectives. The head of HR will be expected to contribute at both a strategic and operational level to identify priorities and recommend appropriate solutions which support the Foundation schools and care homes.<\/p>\n

The head of HR will provide expert advice and support to managers and staff on all aspects of people management, current employment legislation and best practice.<\/p>\n

The post holder will be a key team player and valued member of the leadership team and share a common purpose for high standards and creative thinking in terms of clarity, ambition and challenge.<\/p>\n

Working closely with the Chief Finance Officer, a key priority will be to continue to support the provision and strengthening of high quality shared services to the schools and care homes.<\/p>\n

Dimensions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Working with approximately 950 staff (including casual staff), the head of HR will be expected to provide guidance and support to all staff on the full range of HR activities including policies and procedures, recruitment, induction, retention, performance management, employee relations, reward, training and development and internal communications.<\/p>\n

Principal Duties and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • In consultation with the CEO, support charitable aims and strategic objectives of the Foundation as outlined by the Court of Governors. This includes a focus on reducing back-office costs and delivering effective and efficient operations.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure the HR function is fully engaged with the school and care homes and consistently provides a professional and admired service to the Work with the CFO to maximise synergies in the provision of shared services.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure that throughout the Foundation, all recruitment practices comply fully with HR best practice and policy, making sure that safe recruitment and vetting policies are strictly adhered to.<\/li>\n
  • Monitor and audit recruitment and induction practices and give training and advisory support as and when appropriate.<\/li>\n
  • Work closely with all managers, providing them with expert guidance, coaching and support on a full range of HR activities (including policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment, absence management, restructuring of services, performance management etc) in order to ensure a consistent approach across the Foundation.<\/li>\n
  • Manage investigations, disciplinary and grievance matters and refer to the CEO where appropriate.<\/li>\n
  • Develop, implement and maintain HR policies and procedures to ensure consistent management of staff across the Ensure that managers and staff are aware of HR policies and procedures and can operate them effectively.<\/li>\n
  • Provide support to staff on all general HR issues, as and when appropriate.<\/li>\n
  • Promote the online benefits programme and pension scheme and ensure that a full understanding of the range of benefits offered is effectively communicated<\/li>\n
  • Administer the pension schemes offered by the Foundation, including the Teacher\u2019s Pension Scheme, and teacher and support staff DC scheme.<\/li>\n
  • Support the CEO by preparing papers on people management issues for the Remuneration Committee, Court and school committees.<\/li>\n
  • Line management responsibility for the HR and Payroll team, providing regular and constructive formal and informal feedback on performance, seeking opportunities for development, allocating and supervising work on a daily basis and ensuring agreed standards are met and procedures followed.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure all payroll data is entered and maintained accurately by the payroll manager, authorising payroll where required.<\/li>\n
  • Support the headteachers and CEO in preparing for the Joint Negotiating Committee and Staff Consultative Committee\/Care Staff Forum. This includes preparing for consultation and negotiation on the annual pay award and updating policies in line with employment law.<\/li>\n
  • To lead on the smooth implementation of the annual pay award, ensuring the timely collation of accurate data and preparation of all associated paperwork.<\/li>\n
  • Monitor sickness and absence levels and provide management reports and support to the school and care home managers as required.<\/li>\n
  • Support training and development activities across the organisation and where appropriate, develop and deliver short training programmes and source training consultants \u2013 as and when required.<\/li>\n
  • Be proactive in initiating, researching, developing, promoting, benchmarking and evaluating effective HR projects, policies, procedures and manager guidelines in support of the Foundation\u2019s strategy and plan and to ensure compliance with legislation, best practice and case law etc.<\/li>\n
  • Develop effective systems of communication across all parts of the business and seek ways to evaluate organisational performance and effectiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}