Human Resources Manager

The Museum employs around 75 people (FTE 45) and 100 volunteers.

We are seeking to recruit a Manager to provide a full HR service.

This is an exceptional opportunity to work in a small and friendly environment at a busy and challenging time. The ideal candidate will be able to cover the full-range of HR activity, have some understanding of the museum sector and an interest in the work of a high-profile National Museum.
This is a demanding post requiring an emphatic approach, an attention to detail and the ability to work strategically whilst progressing several tasks in parallel.

Key responsibilities

Strategic

• Lead the effective development, implementation and management of the Museum’s HR Strategy that facilitates the Museum’s priorities, and purpose
• Ensure that the Museum’s HR Policies are properly and consistently implemented taking into account DCMS priorities and guidance, business needs, best practice, employment and case law
• Ensure that the Museum’s HR services deliver the desired quality economically, efficiently and effectively
• Collaborate with HR colleagues across the national museums sector to ensure best practice and effectiveness
• As part of the Inclusion, Diversity, Equality and Access group (IDEA) take a key role in the development and delivery of the Museum’s Equality and Diversity Agenda
• Develop and deliver management information tools, systems and data that will inform and add value to management decisions
• Regularly maintain, review, update and communicate all HR strategies, policies and procedures in accordance with the Museum’s strategic priorities, best practice and support a culture of continual service improvement and best value
• To communicate all relevant HR information to all staff in an effective and timely manner
• Manage the Museum’s staff learning and development plans and performance management to ensure the Museum has the capacity and capability to achieve its Strategy
• Standardise all HR documents including all staff contracts of employment
• Operational
• First point of contact for support, advice and training to all directors, managers and staff with day-to-day HR issues
• Provide high level expert HR advisory support to SMT on complex issues of discipline, grievance, sickness absence, recruitment, performance management and equality and diversity and tribunals, job evaluations and appeals, occupational health referrals.
• Manage all administration for recruitment, interviewing and employment, liaising with senior staff as necessary. Provide advice and guidance to recruiting managers.
• Database Administrator for the Cezanne HR database
Manage the performance management process using Cezanne
• With the Finance Manager, manage the efficient operation of the payroll system
• Liaise with pension providers.
• Organise and attend the Remuneration Committee,
• Manage the training budget
• Perform a limited counselling role to ensure that staff work problems are resolved
• Represent the Museum on the National Museums and DCMS HR Forums and other external groups and bodies and build good relationships with key external stakeholder
For the person specificaton and how to apply go to www.soane.org/jobs

Museum Website: http://www.soane.org/jobs