We are looking for a P&D Business Partner to join the team on a 6 months period to cover Maternity. This role will be based on the Newcastle College Campus and is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, ambitious, and enthusiastic individual to join us. You will provide professional advice, guidance and support to our managers and colleagues on complex people matters. You will also be responsible for the management of a small team including a designated Advisor and Assistant. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong working relationships. You will need to be confident in your approach with the ability to challenge managers where appropriate. You should have a significant knowledge of current employment law and best practice, but able to weigh up risk in order to provide suitable business focused solutions. Previous experience in a unionised environment is advantageous. To be suitable for this role you will need to have 3+ years’ experience of working in a busy Human Resources team and ideally, will be CIPD Level 7 qualified or willing to work towards this. In return, we offer 35 days annual leave, a local government pension scheme including life cover, a hybrid approach to working and personal development opportunities. NCG is committed to having a positive impact on all of the students that attend our colleges and you will be pivotal to this by helping improve the colleague journey and candidate experience across our Colleges and Professional Services. NCG is a national college group, offering further and higher education across our seven colleges. Our mission is to ‘enable social mobility and economic prosperity through exceptional education’ and we exist to create life-changing opportunities for individuals that strengthen the prosperity of their local communities. Through ambitious teaching, innovative courses and outstanding learning environments, we aim to inspire excellence, spark curiosity and make a real impact on our learners and communities, with a vision to become the UK’s leading college group, recognised for our local impact, national reach and influence. Together, our colleges and partners are creating the workforce of the future by enabling all people, regardless of their background, to develop the skills that our local communities need to be successful and sustained. We’re made up of seven colleges and a central professional services team which supports our entire college network. Whatever your role, you’ll be an important part of helping us to achieve our goals, realise our vision and most importantly, support learners across our colleges to succeed. We are committed to creating inclusive communities of excellent learning and teaching which benefit from sharing best practice developed across the seven learning organisations which are NCG. Our people are at the heart of NCG and by joining our organisation, you will be valued, empowered and will benefit from being part of a national network of colleagues who you will be able to work and collaborate with, learn from and share your knowledge. NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. At NCG, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things. Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values. 1. Being both inclusive and diverse 2. Trusting and respecting our communities 3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively 4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity. NCG offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more. NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve. To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted. NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early. Telephone: 07810 631364 Email: NCGRecruitment@ncgrp.co.uk
