Human Resources
The professional, responsive, friendly and supportive HR team within the Trust have many years of experience to fully support the Trust’s needs. It is our aim to support the strategic vision of the Trust through the development of people, capability and the organisation.
Here to help
Led by our Director of HR, Tracey Cook, the central HR team is dedicated to providing high-quality information and advice. While schools within the Trust will retain some responsibility for elements of the HR process such as staff inductions and managing staff absence records, the central team will oversee:
- Recruitment, Selection and Induction
- Maintenance of a single central record of staff, visitors, contractors and volunteers
- MAT payroll system
- Staff absence management
- Staff performance monitoring
- Family friendly processes
- Trade Union relations
- Apprenticeship management
- Investigations, allegations and formal staff meetings
- Dealing with staffing concerns
- Managing change
- HR policy and procedure creation
- Workforce census’ on behalf of DfE
- Legal advisory services (where required)
- Checking and authorising all routine claims
- Production and filing of gender pay gap report
- Responding to LGPS / TP queries as received
- Creating and advising on pay scales for leadership roles in line with already existing pay scales and TLRs
Payroll and Pensions
- Inputting claims and checking absences/ mat etc
- Maintaining Payroll records
- Compliance – ensuring adherence to internal policies
- Handling enquiries
- Managing the Cycle to Work scheme
- Communication with employees about entitlement
- Maintain effective working relations with payroll bureau
- Compliance checking payments / deductions processed by bureau
To find out more about how our central HR team could support your school, get in touch or download our Trust brochure.
