School: Independent Prep School
Location: Buckinghamshire (commutable from North West London)
Role: Human Resources Manager
Start Date: October or November 2024
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 FTE
A leading independent prep school in Buckinghamshire are seeking an experienced and knowledgeable HR Manager to lead their HR department. This is a part time role roughly 3 days a week from October or November 2024 and is permanent.
The Head is looking for an HR specialist to undertake responsibility in all aspects of HR, including recruitment and retention, succession planning, employee relations, policy development, organisational change and performance management and CPD. The successful candidates should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to relate well to people on all levels with sensitivity, tact and diplomacy. This role is busy and dynamic and will require someone who is highly organised and possesses excellent administrative skills, remains calm under pressure and can work to tight deadlines.
Requirements include: Relevant CIPD qualifications; relevant work experience in HR roles; excellent communication and administrative skills; excellent IT literacy including Microsoft Office; previous experience in the education sector is desirable; emotionally resilient and able to handle a busy and varied work load; good interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively and relate to people at all levels; self-starter with a high level of time management and planning skills
If you are interested in working in an independent school in Buckinghamshire as Head of HR please contact Duncan Eaglesham on for an informal conversation and more information. The school has a strong ethos of student welfare therefore any successful applicant will undergo a full enhanced criminal record check (DBS).