About the Organisation

SIL is a company dedicated to providing a suite of school improvement services designed to support the central role of schools in ensuring that children and young people achieve high quality outcomes. We have an established reputation as one of the leading service providers in the Northwest. Our consultancy, training and professional development allows schools and settings to be the best they can be.


About the Role

Please note: there are two posts, one Permanent, one Fixed Term for 12 months
Full-time, or term-time (39 weeks) only, will be considered
Within your new role you will be part of the Schools’ HR Team, working with five HR Business Partners, two Assistant HR Business Partners and the HR Manager to provide the highest quality ER & HR support to schools.
Key Responsibilities:
· You will manage and monitor an ER case load focussing on attendance management and discipline/grievance investigations
· Deal with high volume cases providing support to managers in schools;
· Advise, coach and guide managers on how to proceed with any absence; performance, disciplinary and grievance issues following best practice and ensuring compliance with employment law;
· Provide advice and guidance on national terms and conditions of employment;
· Build good relationships with all stakeholders, including trade union colleagues;
· Support HR Business Partners on other relevant projects.


Personal Qualities
· Experience working in Human Resources in an Employee Relations Advisor role
· CIPD qualified
· Understanding of Employment Law & HR ’best practice’
· Knowledge of ER issues such as Sickness Absence Management, Discipline and Grievance
· Self-motivated and organised with an ability to prioritise workload and work on own initiative
· Experience of TUPE and redundancy would be useful