HR Manager

Parliament Hill School, London, NW5 1RL

42 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 March 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: P02 £44,937 - £47,925

HR Manager job summary

HR Manager (maternity cover)

Full time, 52weeks (part-time hours considered)

We are looking for an outstanding HR practitioner capable of leading all aspects of the Human Resources function. In this pivotal role you will guide our leadership team on employment best practices, ensure smooth payroll operations and champion a positive and supportive work environment. Applying policies and navigating regulations you will at the same time foster positive employee relations, manage recruitment and oversee absence management. You will be involved with improving processes across the employee life cycle.

With a demonstrable number of years HR experience, the successful applicant will have excellent communication skills, an eye for detail and be adept at multi-tasking and meeting deadlines. The ability to handle sensitive personnel situations and to work confidentially is essential.

Some Responsibilities:

• Provision of robust and rigorous leadership and management of the team to ensure outcomes are of high
  
• quality and an effective and efficient service is provided at all times.
  
• Line manage HR and CPD Assistant by providing support and challenge.
• Manage all recruitment, including advertising strategies, publishing vacancies, communication with
• candidates, selection methods through to the organisation, communication and logistics of the interviews.
  
• Manage the recruitment budget and to ensure value for money and maximum impact from all adverts placed.
  
• To track recruitment success and evaluate impact of recruitment strategies.
• Create personnel files for new starters, ensuring all documentation from application stage is logged and filed. For all teaching staff ensure records of qualifications are logged and transferred to PHS. To check new teaching staff with the DfE for safeguarding purposes.
• Ensure all payroll information including new starters, contract changes, leaver, maternity/paternity, overtime, absence and other salary adjustments is submitted accurately and by payroll cut off dates. Review and authorise draft payslips
• Monitor, approve and check payroll changes and additional payments against the budget, pay policy and DfE guidelines. To ensure effective communication between the school and the payroll provider.
• Effectively manage sickness absence, including management of the relationship with the School’s Occupational Health advisors.
• Ensure full record of staff absences are up to date and ready to be reviewed on a monthly basis and presented to the school Governors at all staffing committee meetings.
• Provide accurate analysis of these records in line with absence management policy and procedure, identifying triggers, for review by the Business Director.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Parliament Hill School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1229 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parliament Hill School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parliament-hill-school

Parliament Hill School is a highly acclaimed girls’ school with excellent academic outcomes. Located on the edge of Hampstead Heath, we provide a vibrant environment for rich and stimulating learning experiences. Proud of our distinctive character as a diverse and fully comprehensive school, we value individuality and celebrate the relationships that make us a uniquely positive and supportive school community. We have an unswerving commitment to our inclusive culture and a well-established reputation for providing an education of the highest academic quality for girls. Students and staff benefit from our mixed sixth form through the highly successful LaSWAP consortium which is the largest school 6th form provider in Camden, with an unrivalled curriculum and opportunities for deep collaboration.
The school is committed to providing excellent continuous professional development programmes for all staff. Parliament Hill in collaboration with Torriano Primary School has formed the North London Alliance Research School as part of the EEF’s Research Schools Network. Our innovative cross phase partnership brings together primary and secondary teachers and leaders to implement evidence based EEF approaches to raise the attainment of all pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The school is ideally situated with excellent transport links into other parts of London and beyond. Gospel Oak over ground station is a five minutes’ walk while Tufnell Park tube station is 10 minutes away. The school is also very close to the magnificent open space of Hampstead Heath which is renowned for its many recreational and sports opportunities as well as outdoor swimming facilities.

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