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You will be a critical member of the People team, supporting the daily operation of HR services in the Academy. You'll work with the wider team to provide a brilliant HR service, support employee relations, and continuously improve our approach, ultimately having a really positive impact on the education we provide to pupils.

You'll also play a key role in the delivery of our People Strategy, developing our OneOAT culture and ensuring that OAT is a place that people want to join and stay part of.

What you will deliver

1. Delivery of all aspects of HR provision at an academy level, liaising with the Regional HR Partner, ensuring proactivity and value is delivered across all areas, promoting continual improvement and helping us to create a trust where people grow and flourish, and are focussed to deliver the best outcomes for our pupils.

2. Work with Academy staff to support and facilitate HR processes to ensure the smooth daily operation of the academy. You will support line managers to undertake probationary reviews, return to work meetings, absence reviews, and other critical processes that ensure overall effectiveness.

3. Support the onboarding and induction process for all new starters by organising local academy training and Ormiston Academies Trust provided sessions, ensuring that people are embedded into the organisation and quickly become part of the team.

4. Support the Regional HR partner with all employee relations matters, by providing first line advice to Academy staff and the senior leadership team. Escalate issues as required or seek further advice from external HR advisory service. Organise and support HR meetings and panels as required, always seeking to reach a resolution at the earliest opportunity and in the best way possible for both the organisation and for our employees.

5. Administer and process the Academy payroll entries each month, ensure these are added to the system in line with payroll cut off points to ensure all staff are paid accurately. Administer payroll documentation including contract of employment, pay change letters and other documentation required to meet compliance and reporting requirements.

6. Be responsible for the Academy single central record, ensuring it is accurate and up to date. Administer changes and update information were appropriate. Ensure the SCR is maintained to meet all keeping children safe in education and Ofsted requirements.

7. Identify trends and report on HR data in the Academy to support SLT and regional HR partner in managing and addressing issues. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to support the submission of the annual workforce census, ensuring all staff records are up to date in the system.

8. Work with the academy leadership team to address attendance issues, using the attendance data for the HR system to support staff absence management. Provide advice and support to line managers for occupational health referrals and risk assessments where required, ensuring good outcomes for our teams.

9. Promote staff wellbeing across the academy, acting as a support for staff as well as promote the offering of the people strategy for staff available including salary sacrifice schemes, counselling, and any other benefits available.

10. Undertake administrative tasks as required to keep HR documents up to date and compliant. Ensure all documents held are in line with Trust Data protection regulations and retention requirements.

11. Supporting organisational and cultural change by developing and implementing plans to support the delivery of the People Strategy, driving effectiveness, accountability, and performance.

12. As an integral part of the people and culture team you will work closely across the team and beyond, influencing and developing the future direction of the organisation through innovative and collaborative working, adopting best practice to deliver against organisational priorities.

13. Work and support other Academy HR Partners for example supporting with their induction as well as any training and development that may be required.

Your skills and experience

· CIPD qualified or hold relevant experience in HR.

· Previous experience of providing HR support to managers and other stakeholders

· Knowledge and understanding of HR processes and procedures.

· Ability to analyse HR data to produce metrics and analytics.

· Previous experience of handling and advising on employee relations issues

· High level organisational skills, accurate attention to detail and ability to prioritise.

· Ability to build relationships with all staff at various levels within the organisation.

Knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education

Information about the School

Ormiston Rivers Academy is a smaller than average 11-19 academy, with a renowned and respected sponsor, and a proven record of school improvement. We are set in a beautiful, rural location, in a thriving riverside town, with an active and involved community. We were recognised as solidly "Good" in our last Ofsted inspection (September 2017), and have received wide recognition for our achievements and results.