HR Manager

Hours: Part – Time - 10.5 hours per week over 2 days; on site; on day must be a Tuesday

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £15,000.00 (£50,000.00 pro rata based on a 35-hour week)

Location: Holborn, London, EC1N 2HH

Gresham College is a charity which provides high-quality free education to the public across a broad range of subjects. The College aims to stimulate a love of learning and intellectual curiosity and to champion academic rigor, professional expertise and freedom of expression.

Gresham College has been providing free lectures within the City of London since 1597. Lectures are attended by an in-person audience and live-streamed around the world. We have currently had over 50 million online views. To watch please visit our website www.gresham.ac.uk or look on YouTube.

The College is now in the final year of an exciting five-year plan which has the primary aim of increasing and broadening the audience which the College reaches. The funding for the following five years has been agreed by the College’s historic sponsors and provides a firm base from which to deliver an ambitious and exciting program. The future College strategy sees us continuing to evolve our work in growing audiences in both numbers and diversity, while taking advantage of opportunities to develop income streams to stretch our ambition further.

The current academic program consists of 100 lectures for the general public as well as lectures delivered to young people in schools and a growing oracy competition for young people. Currently sixty public lectures are given by our 10 Professors; forty are curated annually; and between ten and twenty are delivered to young people in schools. Working at Gresham College is hugely rewarding in terms of the breadth and range of subjects covered and the knowledge and intellectual reputations of our speakers.

The role:

The purpose of this role is to oversee all aspects of human resources within the college, support the Executive Director and management team to attract, develop, retain, engage, support and administer the employment of everyone who works for Gresham College be they permanent or temporary members of staff, or volunteers.

This is a hands-on role requiring a broad understanding of all aspects of HR.

The HR Manager will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with the college’s 17 employees, at all levels.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Compliance

• Provide advice, guidance and administrative service to ensure the colleges’ compliance with best practice and current legislation

• Administer the on boarding process for all new employees and carry out all pre-employment checks

• Update and maintain records within Breathe HR

• Develop, implement and maintain HR policies and procedures in line with legislation

• Assist with compiling the monthly payroll information for the finance team

• Produce monthly statistics and reports which effectively measure HR inputs, costs and successes

• Benchmark salaries and benefits against competitors and the market

• Maintain awareness of market trends and advise the Executive Director accordingly

Welfare & Engagement

• Champion a positive and inclusive work environment, fostering a culture of collaboration

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with employees at all levels.

• Being the first point of contact for employees on any HR related queries

• Conduct regular staff engagement surveys providing recommendations to the Executive Director for execution

• Conduct Exit Interviews and make recommendations to the Executive Director

• Ensure that Return to Work interviews are conducted for employees who have been off sick; and manage any on-going sickness / absenteeism accordingly and in line with policies and procedures

Manage the recruitment cycle

• Work closely with the managers to ensure that the Colleges’ recruitment policy and practices are effective and adhere to

• Carry out the recruitment and selection process including drafting and updating job descriptions and selection criteria, drafting recruitment adverts, carrying out screening interviews for initial shortlist candidates, drafting interview schedules and participating in the Interview Panel, when required

Performance Management

• Assist managers with the effective oversight of staff performance management throughout the college; ensuring annual reviews are completed in a timely manner

• In line with the advice of the College’s external HR insurance support (HR Solutions), advise on the correct procedures to be followed with respect to managing any performance or disciplinary concerns and for any grievances raised

• Monitor probationary periods for new staff providing guidance and support to the line manager and employee as required

Training & Development

• Identify, develop and deliver training and development initiatives (including Inductions)

• Provide advice and coaching on employee relations issues including absence, disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, recruitment and training & development

Other

• Carry out HR Projects as and when required

• Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably requested

Person specification:

We are looking for an HR Manager with extensive general experience and employment law knowledge.

• Minimum of CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent)

• A confident and enthusiastic HR Professional

• Up to date/solid knowledge and experience of employment Law

• Flawless work ethic and ability to handle confidential information with integrity and emotional maturity

• Excellent organisation and administrative skills, with an eye for detail

• Tactful, diplomatic, honest and trustworthy

• Attentive, personable and enjoys the open door feel of HR

• Good experience of using HR databases (preferably Breathe HR) and Microsoft Office packages

Gresham College offers in return:

Gresham College wholeheartedly supports the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the recruitment and employment of our employees and workers, as well as ensuring that it is afforded to all job applicants.

Benefits

• 10.5 hours per week over 2 days; on site

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + 6 days for Christmas/Easter closure (Pro rata)

• 15% employer contribution into the colleges pension scheme

• Enhanced family friendly benefits

• Season ticket loan

• Competitive salary based on previous experience/knowledge

If this sounds like your next opportunity, apply today with your CV and a covering letter.