{"id":14,"date":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/bre\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:31:21","slug":"person-specification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/person-specification\/","title":{"rendered":"Person Specification &#8211; Head of HR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/484\/2026\/09\/jwf-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"jwf-banner-2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  Person Specification &#8211; Head of HR\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<p>We are looking for an experienced, hands-on HR leader. As our senior HR expert, we need someone who will bring strategic thinking as well as being proactive and practical, able to adapt your approach as needed. We are seeking a Head of HR with sound judgement, energy, and a willingness to roll their sleeves up.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Essential<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of working as an HR business partner\/senior level in HR<\/li>\n<li>Experience of developing and managing successful HR projects with proven results<\/li>\n<li>Extensive experience of managing change projects such as restructuring programmes, dealing with redundancies and settlement agreements<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working with trade union representatives<\/li>\n<li>Team management experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Desirable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of working in the education sector<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working in a charity or care sector<\/li>\n<li>Experience of negotiating with trade unions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Skills and Knowledge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Essential<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent knowledge of employment law and experience of working with legal professionals<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of using and managing HR\/payroll systems and analysing data<\/li>\n<li>Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills<\/li>\n<li>Excellent attention to detail<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal with a wide range of staff<\/li>\n<li>Excellent Word, Excel and data skills<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of developing\/ introducing pay and benefit systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Desirable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of procuring HR\/payroll systems<\/li>\n<li>Experience of writing board reports\/papers<\/li>\n<li>Ability to contribute effectively to the Foundation\u2019s wider organisational development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Personal Qualities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Resilient and flexible &#8211; able to work as part of a small, busy team<\/li>\n<li>Able to manage conflicting priorities and to work directly with senior leaders<\/li>\n<li>Pragmatic &#8211; able to find creative solutions to problems<\/li>\n<li>Ability to lead and motivate a team of HR\/payroll staff<\/li>\n<li>Prepared to work flexibly and out of hours as required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Essential<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in HR or business\/management<\/li>\n<li>CIPD qualification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Desirable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Membership or fellowship of the CIPD<\/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-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","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=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/john-whitgift-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}