HR & SMT Assistant

The Colleges’ Partnership are recruiting an HR and SMT Assistant to join our HR Team in Blandford Forum, providing administrative support to HR and the Strategic Management Team (SMT).

The post is full time (37 hours per week), and is based at our Head Office in Blandford Forum, with a flexible approach to partial home working.

This post is ideal for those looking to continue development of their HR career. This is a generalist HR postition and you will be supported in your development through the CIPD Level 5 Certificate in Human Resource Management, or the CIPD Level 5 Apprenticeship scheme.

The main responsibilities are:

• Administrative support to HR and the SMT
• Maintainance of employee records, both paper and electronic
• Monitoring of employee data
• Preparation of HR documents
• Support and advice to managers with incoming HR queries, with support of the HR Manager as needed
• Liaising with Payroll and Finance to ensure the seamless operation of pay
• Participation and assistance with HR projects, recruitment, ER cases, and change management
• Act as minute secretary to the SMT, providing secretarial support including agendas and distribution of papers
• Management and deconfiction of SMT calendars

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• CIPD Level 3, or equivalent experience
• Willingness to work towards CIPD Level 5 Certificate in Human Resource Management
• 5 GCSEs grade 4-9 (or equivalent), including Maths, English, and IT
• MS Office competence
• An intuative response to new tasks, with a creative approach to problem solving
• The ability to work autonomously, to prioritise own workload
• Flexible and able to cope under pressure

Full details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification.

By joining The Colleges’ Partnership, you will receive an enhanced annual holiday entitlement of 25 days, plus Christmas close down and bank holidays. We are passionate about the development of our people and are dedicated to ensuring that our employees have CPD opportunities to progress their sector competencies as well as their personal growth. The Colleges’ Partnership also operates an enhanced contributory pension scheme. Employees receive Perkbox membership, which provides access to hundreds of perks including shopping, food and drink discounts and offers, fitness and well-being perks. We pride ourselves on our employee welfare standards and offer enhanced parental leave and sick pay to help provide financial stability when it is needed the most.

All employees are given access to our confidential Employee Assistance Programme, which provides a 24/7 confidential helpline, critical incident and trauma support, online health portal, health e-hub app and monthly newsletters and webinars.

The Colleges’ Partnership Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check in line with safer recruitment guidelines.