Job Description

What's on Offer:

Job Type:

Permanent

Salary Circa:

25,000 per annum

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

Core Business Hours:

10am until 4pm

Location:

BSC Manchester College

Hybrid Remote Working

Team Member Benefits:

Annual Leave:

25 days Annual Leave plus 8 bank holidays

Wellbeing:

Dedicated Mental Health Champions supported by trained Internal Mental Health First Aiders. Wellbeing day provided.

Culture:

Friendly and supportive multicultural working environment

Career Development:

Comprehensive internal training and development opportunities

Enhanced Leave and Support:

Enhanced Bereavement Leave, Enhanced Sick Pay, Pet Bereavement Leave, Miscarriage Leave and Pay

Recognition and Rewards:

Regular recognition of achievements through our monthly BSC team awards

Pension Scheme

Join BSC Education in making a lasting difference where your passion will not only shape the future of students but also empower communities, create opportunities, and inspire positive change that resonates beyond our schools.

Overview:

The People Administrator supports BSC (Education, Group and Young Learners) in ensuring best HR practice is followed. The role provides consistency to the group across its HR procedures, policies and practice. This role will be part of the current People and Performance Team and reporting directly to the Senior People & Payroll Advisor.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a People Administrator to work collaboratively with our People and Performance team in providing a fantastic service to our colleagues. You will have the knowledge and experience to dive straight in and get involved from day one, whilst having the confidence to ask questions along the way.

With experience of working in the People department, you will bring experience of working practices and have a desire to roll out processes across the Group and coach Managers as required. This role will also enable you to become involved in key projects such as creating the learning and development plan, team handbook updates and new team member Inductions. This is a fantastic opportunity to build upon your Payroll knowledge and experience to continue your professional development.

It is essential that you have experience in managing onboarding/offboarding (with significant increase for couple of months during summer) processes including enhanced DBS checks, reference checks as well as monthly payroll administrative tasks.

Main Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Responsible for all Recruitment across the Group. Supporting Managers to compose adverts, interview questions and drafting contracts and offer letters Training Managers in good interview skills and onboarding processes Complete end to end onboarding process including references, DBS, PVG, required Teacher Checks prior to start dates being confirmed, for all BSC groups Carry out HR inductions for new starters (as required) Manage the people, payroll and recruitment inboxes, ensuring that all emails are handled and responded to in an effective and timely manner with an aim to achieve first contact resolution, escalating queries/issues to the Senior People & Payroll Advisor when necessary Update and maintain our HR system and payroll system Process DBS and PVG renewals and monitor any expiry dates via HR system Assist the People Team with interim and annual performance reviews Assist the People Team with reviewing policies and creating processes/flowcharts linked to the policies and best practices Administer all starter, leavers and change processes, including updating the payroll department and drafting variations letters as required Respond to general HR & payroll related enquiries Adding payroll input to our payroll system and supporting The People Team by logging payroll monthly changes Support with absence management processes Accurate input and maintenance of employee data in HR and payroll systems when processing updates relating to the colleague's employment cycle. Continuously ensuring compliance to the Data Protection Act and GDPR Monitor and chase probation documents, accurately tracking progress on HR and payroll systems and providing initial advice and support to Managers Track employees nearing FTC completion dates, working with Managers and Senior People & Payroll Advisor to ensure they are processed correctly Manage course bookings for all in-house and external training programs and updating the HR system accordingly Carry out regular HR and payroll audit checks Collating all the monthly payroll submissions from colleges and completing the monthly payroll inputs via the payroll software Working closely with Finance department and external payroll provider for accurate monthly payroll/pension and other pay related inputs and submissions Organising meetings and supporting with note taking when required Drafting contracts, offer letter and any other variations letters Supporting the Global Director of People & Performance and Senior People & Payroll Advisor with project work
The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope, grading of the post and at the request of the Senior Leadership team.

Required experience:

You must have at least 1 years' experience in recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, HR and payroll administration Have excellent administration and organisational skills and ability/desire to amend and adapt processes to improve efficiency Excellent written and oral communication skills with a focus on providing excellent departmental services to all Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast paced and growing environment Excellent attention to detail Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and standard office equipment Able to always maintain a high level of confidentiality Able to provide accurate and timely guidance and advice

Desired Qualifications:

CIPD level 3 qualification

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement

At BSC Education we believe in empowering individuals, celebrating diversity and striving for equality. We foster an inclusive environment where every individual is valued, respected, and supported. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all interest in joining our team.

Successful applicants will undergo our safer recruitment checks in line with our Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Policy & our Recruitment Policy, including Scottish PVG Scheme, an Enhanced DBS Check, Barred List, Prohibition Lists check and overseas criminal record check (if applicable). Overseas criminal record checks are required for anyone who has lived abroad for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years, whilst aged 18 years or older and the applicant is solely responsible for the costs for the overseas criminal record check.

All BSC colleagues must operate in line with our team-led Vision, Mission & Values as outlined below:

BSC VISION: To provide customers with steppingstones to their future by delivering outstanding and transformational learning experiences.
BSC MISSION: By believing that "Great Things Start Here" and standing behind all that this means. If we believe it, our customers will achieve it!

BSC VALUES:
AIM HIGHER: We proactively make suggestions and solutions for challenges and opportunities.
COLLABORATE: We are team players - we treat everyone with respect and understand that we succeed collectively, not as individuals.
COMMUNICATE: We communicate in a timely way with clarity, respect and transparency.
CUSTOMER FOCUS: We seek to provide consistent high-quality experiences that customers will remember.
TEAM FOCUS: We seek to reward and recognise excellence and innovation within our employees.

The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope, grading of the post and at the request by management.

We are committed to providing a creative, rewarding and successful learning and working environment for our students and team.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 25,000.00 per year

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

Do you have the right to live and work in the UK? The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 makes it an offence for the company to employ those who do not have permission to live or work in the UK. Please indicate if you have any criminal record including (spent) cautions or convictions. (This information will only be used if you are successful in your application when the relevant DBS/PVG/Overseas Criminal Record check is completed) Please indicate below if you have a friend and or relative who works for BSC?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester M1 3AY