Human Resource & Development Manager
Hours: 20 hours - Par time, flexible hours available
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000
Holiday Entitlement: 38 days (pro rata)
Closing Date: Tuesday 19th August 5pm. Interviews will be held at CentreStage and may be held before the closing date.
About CentreStage
We are a vibrant and inclusive performing arts charity, dedicated to providing high-quality creative education and performance opportunities for the public. Our model is simple:
CentreStage is a place where everyone, regardless of their age or background, is welcomed, supported, and encouraged to fulfil their potential. Our strengths-based approach is underpinned by our core values of Hope, Inclusion, Aspiration and Joy.
We operate from a dynamic multi-purpose venue featuring:
- A state-of-the-art theatre with newly installed cinema technology
- A popular licensed café
- Flexible rental spaces for external organisations
- A bustling hub for creativity and community development
The Role
Areas of Responsibility
1. Recruitment & Onboarding
- Ensure best practice approach to recruitment, supporting managers and directors by ensuring procedures and policies are followed consistently; taking responsibility for initial recording and shortlisting of applicants; reviewing the current job advertisements; and promoting best practice interview techniques.
- Review and develop staff induction processes and advise and support Team Leaders and Managers with its consistent application throughout the organisation.
- Experience of developing and improving staff and volunteer recruitment processes.
2. Employee Relations & Performance
- Provide advice and guidance to Team Leaders and Managers on performance issues and assist in the identification of options and appropriate measures to ensure that all staff work to an expected performance standard.
- To assist Directors and Managers in the initial stages of Employment Relations, investigating complex disciplinary, grievances, bullying, absence, and capability cases to ensure decisions taken are reasonable, consistent and in accordance with CentreStage Policies and Employment Law.
- Act as the day-to-day liaison between CentreStage and its legal HR advisors.
3. Staff Development & Wellbeing
- Advise and support all staff on how to apply ‘people first’ best practice throughout CentreStage and share learning as part of continuous improvement principles.
- Support and advise managers with staff development, nurturing and people management skills and techniques to ensure best practice is applied consistently across all departments.
- Chair the staff forum, CentreStage Voice, developing and implementing staff welfare and support, monitoring staff wellbeing and using agreed goals to report back on initiatives to the HR Sub-committee.
- Ensure all staff are empowered to feel they are key stakeholders within CentreStage, enabling them to provide constructive feedback.
- Take the lead on the Staff Satisfaction and Engagement Survey, providing a report and action plan for the HR sub-committee and supporting Team Leaders and Managers in the implementation of the plan.
- Take operational responsibility for the digital HR system, including using it to ensure all mandatory training is completed by relevant staff.
- Maintain the learning and development programme and undertake training needs analysis annually.
- Work with Health and Safety lead to ensure all H&S training requirements are met.
4. Policy, Compliance & Governance
- Ensure safeguarding policies are fully implemented and maintained.
- Annually review the HR policies and procedures to ensure they remain in line with current employment law while promoting best practice; regularly review all HR policies and procedures, proposing new policies and procedures to the Senior Leadership Team, where appropriate.
- Up-to-date knowledge of HR employment law and best practice.
- Experience of drafting policies and procedures that reflect HR best practice.
5. Culture, Values & Internal Communication
- Work with the senior leadership team to ensure the organisational values, Hope, Inclusion, Aspiration and Joy reflect best practice, ensuring these are prioritised and communicated to all staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.
- Support colleagues in the communications team with regular internal communications.
- To develop and maintain a good working knowledge of issues affecting CentreStage and promote the organisation at relevant events.
Person Specification
Skills and experience
- Degree level and a member of CIPD.
- Experience of operating at a senior level in an HR function.
- Up-to-date knowledge of HR employment law and best practice.
- Experience of leading cultural change within an organisation, ensuring buy-in at all levels.
- Experience of developing and/or implementing an equality, diversity, and inclusion strategy.
- Experience of developing and improving staff and volunteer recruitment processes.
- Experience of drafting policies and procedures that reflect HR best practice.
- Experience of developing and implementing a staff welfare programme that helps staff and volunteers feel valued, supported, and engaged.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Behaviours and values
- A passion for supporting and developing people, helping all colleagues to be the best version of themselves.
- Developmental, nurturing, supportive way of working.
- Flexible thinker who is willing to adapt to the needs of the organisation.
- Demonstrates kindness, compassion, and humility.
CentreStage is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment.
CentreStage is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Registered Charity. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for vacancies, including ethnically diverse and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented in our workforce.
To apply please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how your skill suit the role and also why you want to work for CentreStage to jobs@centrestagemt.org.uk
Closing date: Tuesday 19th August 5pm. Interviews will be held at CentreStage and may be held before the closing date.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Expected hours: 20 per week
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Kilmarnock KA1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kilmarnock KA1