Human Resources Director

Human Resources Director

About the role

Reporting to the Principal, the HR Director will lead the delivery of all HR operations and strategy. To ensure compliance with all legal and employee-related requirements. To provide school leaders with expert HR advice and all members of staff with exceptional customer service throughout the employee lifecycle.

Key areas of responsibility

Recruitment, Onboarding &
Offboarding

§ Work with the Principal and RHRD to create an annual resourcing plan.

§ Develop and deliver appropriate recruitment strategies to meet requirement.

§ Oversee all recruitment campaigns.

§ Take responsibility for all pre-employment safeguarding checks covering application, selection,

§ recruitment and onboarding processes.

§ Ensure the best possible candidate experience throughout the recruitment and onboarding process.

§ Where appropriate manage staff relocation to Singapore

§ Oversee the planning and delivery of staff induction and orientation programmes.

§ Oversee the exit / repatriation process ensuring efficiency and compassion until the end of the employment relationship.

Employee Relations / Employee Engagement

§ Manage any disciplinary or grievance issues according to NAE / School policy and HR best practice.

§ Provide sensitive and timely communications regarding all HR issues.

§ Actively seek to understand current employee relations issues by fostering relationships with employees across the school at all levels.

§ Manage the Employee Engagement Survey and follow up process

HR Advice and Reporting

§ Counsel and advise school leaders on all HR issues in line with best practice, labour law and NAE policy.

§ Advocate for people issues to ensure fairness, consistency and to promote staff wellbeing, retention and engagement.

§ Provide regular and appropriate HR metrics to inform decision-making, policy development and

planning across the school.

§ Support internal school communications especially where there are HR-sensitive issues.

Compensation &
Reward

§ Monitor, control and track staffing costs in line with budget.

§ Review and advise on any changes to benefits.

§ Manage the company medical insurance provision to ensure optimum efficiency and high levels of customer service.

§ Ensure that monthly payroll is delivered on time, accurately and in line with budget and contractual entitlements.

§ Ensure that all starting salaries, salary increases, and other salary adjustments are in line with budget, market rate, fair and consistent.

§ Take responsibility for exiting employee’s final settlement payments in line with contractual entitlement and local employment law.

Talent and Performance Management

§ Ensure that the probation review process is completed for all new staff and any issues resolved appropriately.

§ Manage the annual performance management cycle and work to obtain maximum buy in from staff

to ensure that the process is meaningful and promotes high performance, engagement and retention.

§ Work with Line Managers to address performance issues by developing and implementing performance improvement plans with meaningful conclusions.

Training &
Development

§ Ensure that all Line Managers have a solid understanding of their role as LMs and the HR processes

that they are involved in.

§ Provide meaningful training and development opportunities for school support staff.

§ Oversee new staff Induction, orientation and training.

§ Ensure that all recurrent safeguarding training is fully up to date across the school (child protection and safer recruitment).

Compliance

§ Take responsibility for ensuring that all NAE HR safeguarding imperatives are met.

§ Ensure that the school is compliant with all Immigration requirements.

§ Monitor and develop policy and decision-making to ensure compliance with Singapore Employment Law.

§ Keep abreast of any regulatory or legal developments to ensure full compliance.

Regional HR

§ Support the Regional HR Director and Regional HR Manager with any tasks or requests for

§ information to ensure a coordinated approach across the SEAME region.

§ Share school best practice and contribute to project work across the region.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

§ Degree level education

§ Significant generalist HR experience

§ Solid project management skills

§ CIPD membership / accreditation (Associate / level 5 or above)

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

§ Experience of managing a team

§ Minimum 8 years working in a similar position and environment.

§ Affinity with and an interest in Education and the needs of an International School

§ Experience of working in a school environment

§ Experience of working in a decentralised multinational organisation

§ Excellent interpersonal skills

§ Experience of handling legal and contractual issues

§ Excellent oral and written communication skills

§ Ability to summarise and present complex information and arguments.

§ Strong influencing skills and confidence to challenge

§ High level of IT literacy

§ High level of cultural sensitivity

§ Good cross-cultural, interpersonal &
communication skills and an affinity for interacting with diverse nationalities and cultures.

Personal Attributes

§ High levels of personal integrity.

§ Passionate about education and young people

§ Evidence of commitment to professional development

§ Understand the complex and demanding environment of an international school community

Other Conditions

§ Compliance with visa requirements for working in Singapore.

§ At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.

§ All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years.

About Dover Court International School

Established in 1972, Dover Court International School in Singapore is a leading inclusive British international school. We serve international families of students aged 3 to 18. Our curriculum is based upon the DfE’s Early Years Foundation Stage framework, the National Curriculum for England, the International Primary Curriculum, IGCSE/GCSE, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and International BTEC Level 2 in Business.

We are unique in offering a bespoke set of alternative pathways for students. In Secondary we have courses that focus on English, mathematics, life skills and employability through ASDAN programmes, and vocational qualifications such as the International BTEC Level 1 in Business. In Primary we are guided by the National Curriculum for England and draw upon the International Primary Curriculum and Reggio Emilia inspired approaches.

Our school is active in the local international school sports league, and we are extremely competitive across several sports. The school has an extensive programme of residential trips starting in Year 4 up to the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in Secondary. All students are involved in a wide range of co-curricular activities, mainly run by teaching staff. About 10% of our students are supported by our integrated SEN unit.

The school is on a green 12-acre site about 20 minutes from the Singapore CBD and has excellent specialist facilities, including libraries, ICT suites, The Link (makerspace), dance studio, swimming pool and sports halls. In 2022 we opened a new indoor sports hall, a specialist arts and technology building and bespoke facilities for our Pathways programme.

We are members of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and are accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). We are an EDEXCEL and AQA exam centre and are authorised by the IBO to deliver the IB Diploma Programme. We are the only school in Singapore to offer ASDAN courses.

Staff are well supported with professional development sessions run in-house and by access to external training courses through Nord Anglia University, FOBISIA and our partnerships with King’s College London, MIT, The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and The Juilliard School. There is a strong ethos of professional collegiality.

About Nord Anglia Education

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) is the world’s leading premium school’s organisation, with campuses located across dozens of countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate tens of thousands of students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school. We are driven by one unifying philosophy:
we are ambitious for our schools, students, teachers, staff, and communities, and we inspire every child who attends an NAE school to achieve more than they ever imagined possible.

Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. NAE schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all our students love coming to school.

Founded in 1972 in the United Kingdom, the name Nord Anglia reflects the company’s beginnings in the north of England. NAE initially offered learning services such as English-as-a-foreign-language classes and grew during the 1980s by opening full-scale nurseries and kindergartens. In 1992, NAE opened its first international school, the British School of Warsaw. In the 2000s, the company began a strategic focus on premium international schools, with rapid growth in Asia, the Americas, China and across Europe and the Middle East. A truly international organisation, NAE now operates premium international schools worldwide. In July 2019, the company relocated its headquarters from Hong Kong to London, enabling even stronger growth in the future.

Our Schools

Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy, to be ambitious for our students, our people, and our family of schools. We believe that staff and students being part of our family of schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success. We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London.

Safeguarding

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender, or culture.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years. The school will support candidate to obtain this.