Lead, Human Resources

Key Responsibility 1: Recruitment, Onboarding, and Talent Management
• Responsible for the school's recruitment activities including advertising, candidate shortlisting, interviews, and generation of offers. Collaborates with school SLTs and department heads to understand skills and competencies required to fill vacant roles.
• Responsible for staff onboarding implementing a structured and engaging approach to help staff transition to the school.
• Responsible for compliance with safeguarding requirements including criminal background and reference checks and completion of safeguarding training.
• Manage work permits, visa applications, and renewals for expatriate staff.
• Assist in the retention of identified key talents and succession planning activities.
Key Responsibility 2: Performance Management and Rewards
• Implement and enhance the performance management policies and procedures for Academic and Non-Academic staff. Align the current framework with Central requirements and adapt if required.
• Emphasise a culture of 2-way feedback and an interactive approach in relation to goal setting, mid-year, and final year-end appraisal.
• Responsible for communications and follow-ups in relation to key processes and ensures that relevant documentation is compiled and/or maintained in the HRIS.
• Assist to initiate procedures in managing poor performers.
• Implement increment and/or bonus schemes.
Key Responsibility 3: NPS/Annual Staff Survey and Staff Engagement
• Help communicate and drive participation in the NPS and Annual Staff surveys.
• Assist in the analysis of the survey results, and the identification of key focus areas and engagement priorities.
• Initiate, coordinate and track employee engagement activities for school staff including well-being-related initiatives.
Key Responsibility 4: Payroll and Benefits, HR records and HRIS, and HR Compliance
• Responsible for the school's payroll including payroll adjustments in compliance with statutory requirements and payroll procedures.
• Responsible for administratively managing and coordinating employee benefits including relevant employee insurance schemes.
• Updates and maintain HR reports and records including employee leave records, medical claims, attendance, etc in established systems and/or HRIS.
• Support and drive the implementation of the school's HRIS modules.
• Responsible for renewals of visas for expatriate staff.
• Maintains compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and reviews school policies and practices to ensure compliance.
Key Responsibility 5: HR Advisory
• Provides HR support and advisory to management, and other staff on routine, complex, specialized/sensitive HR issues.
• Trusted advisor to the Campus Principal.
Key Responsibility 6: Support Regional HR
• To assist regional HR to plan and implement projects/assignments from time to time.
• Knowledge sharing with other school HR to improve HR processes, practices, and the delivery of HR services.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Stakeholders:
• Internal: Campus Principals, Senior Leadership Team members, Employees, and Regional HR Manager
• External: Auditors, HR agencies, and regulators
Line Management:
• Reporting to Postholder: HR Executive
• The HR Lead reports directly to the Campus Principal.