Vacancy | HR & Wellbeing Manager
| Title | HR & Wellbeing Manager |
| Hours | 37 hours per week, 52 weeks of the year |
| Salary | Up to £46,000 per annum |
| Organisation | Chelmsford College |
| Closing Date | 05/10/2025 |
| Job Description | Download Job Description Document |
| Person Specification | Download Person Specification Document |
| Description | About the Role
As HR & Wellbeing Manager, you will manage a small but mighty team, delivering high quality people focussed support across the employee lifecycle. From complex employee relations to performance management, sickness absence management you will be the go-to expert for compassionate and operationally focused HR advice and guidance. We are passionate not only about the health and wellbeing or our workforce, but also about ensuring we have an inclusive working and learning environment where everyone feels safe.
Key Focus:
•Leading and developing the HR team to deliver a solution focussed responsible, efficient service.
•Manager ER cases with fairness, empath and sound decision making
•Coaching and mentoring managers to enable them to implement practical HR advice.
•Proactive marketing of the College through end-to-end recruitment and selection processes.
•Focus on health and wellbeing strategy enabling a resilient strong workforce.
•Contribute to digital transformation of the HR processes and practices as part of ongoing projects.
•Building trusted and supportive relationships throughout the business and with external stakeholders.
We are looking for:
Essential to hold a L5 CIPD qualification or equivalent management or degree qualification
•GCSE Maths and English Grades 5-9 (A-C)
•Proven recent experience in a senior or management HR Generalist role providing solution focused HR advice and guidance. Education sector experience would be an advantage but not essential.
•Strong operational awareness and the ability to balance people needs with business and operational priorities.
•Excellent communication skills with high emotional intelligence, resilience and a collaborative mindset.
•Proven experience in managing complex ER cases, and providing sound judgements, essential
•Team management potential – whether you have led a team before or ready for the step up.
Why Join?
•We put people at the heart of our College. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
•We can offer a competitive salary, training and development, local government pension. Work-life balance is important to us. This is why we offer generous holiday plus additional closure days throughout the academic year along with other College benefits.
So don’t delay, apply today. We look forward to hearing from you.
The College is committed to equality and diversity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share these commitments.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
If you have any further questions, please e-mail employment@chelmsford.ac.uk
Applications will be considered upon receipt. |
Apply
If you would like to apply for employment within the Chelmsford College Group, please complete the online application form.
Online Application for Employment
PLEASE NOTE You may wish to download the example forms, and explanatory notes, using the link below in order to prepare the information you will be asked to submit. The online application process has to be completed in one go and without undue delay. In particular, you are advised to prepare your Supporting Statement of up to 4000 characters in another application before you start.
If you require help making your application please contact the Human Resource Department on 01245 293018 or email employment@chelmsford.ac.uk.
Contact
Please use the below contact details if you would like to contact us directly about employment opportunities.
Human Resource DepartmentChelmsford College
Moulsham Street Campus
Chelmsford
CM2 0JQ
Tel: 01245 293018
Tel: 01245 490486 (24 hour answer phone)
Fax: 01245 266908
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