Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools (ESMS) are seeking to appoint a HR Advisor to join the HR team on a temporary basis until March 2025. ESMS staff are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.

The HR Advisor will be responsible for providing a high quality, professional and proactive HR service. They will support the HR Manager with a range of activities across employee relations, projects, change and HR generalist work. They will work closely with the relevant senior managers across the 3 Schools, and they support and engage daily with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

This is a temporary position available as soon as possible (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The postholder will be contract for 36.25 hours per week, working Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.

The salary for this post is Scalepoint I on the ESMS Support Staff Salary Scales which is £37,704 per annum.

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

In order to apply for the role, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application.

Any enquiries about this position should be directed to Alison Mackie, HR Manager, at #removed#

The closing date is 12pm on Wednesday 17 July. We anticipate interviews will be held the following week commencing 22 July.

About ESMS

Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education and a co-educational sixth form. At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class. We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends.

Our Vision is to be a pioneer of rounded education in Edinburgh, giving every child the opportunity to excel.

Our Mission is to develop grounded, resilient, accomplished children, with strong values who go out into the world equipped with everything they need to lead full and happy lives.

Aims

• We offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of children
• We take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academically
• We provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talents
• We inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic results
• We give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at them
• Our teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetime
• Our children develop the confidence to use their voices
• Our nine values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.