Organisation · People, HR & workforce
Hire, support and grow your whole team.
Safer recruitment, onboarding, contracts, leave, cover, professional growth and payroll inputs—one place for every member of staff.
- Safer recruitment
- Onboarding
- Leave and absence
- Payroll inputs
Aster Grove School · Example
A new colleague’s starting point
Access, induction and documents are prepared before the first morning.
Who People, HR & workforce is for
HR teams
Every staff record, contract and check in one place.
School leaders
Vacancies, absence and cover at a glance.
Staff
Self-service for leave, payslips and documents.
What it fixes
What People, HR & workforce fixes
Where schools usually struggle, and what changes.
Problem: Hiring that stalls on paperwork
With School Niva: Vacancies, applications and checks move through one tracked process.
Problem: Expired checks no one noticed
With School Niva: Clearances and qualifications are tracked with renewal reminders.
Problem: Leave requests on paper
With School Niva: Staff request leave online, and cover is arranged with it.
What's included
Everything in People, HR & workforce
Use what you need now; switch more on as your school grows.
Recruit
- Vacancies and job posts
- Applications and shortlisting
- Interviews and references
- Safer-recruitment and background checks
- Offers and contracts
Onboard and manage
- Onboarding checklists
- Staff records and documents
- Contracts, roles and changes
- Qualifications and registrations
- Volunteers and visiting staff
Time and absence
- Leave policies and requests
- Sickness and return to work
- Cover and duty allocation
- Timesheets
- Teacher workload view
Grow and pay
- Performance reviews and observations
- Professional learning
- Recognition
- Payroll inputs and payslips
- Staff self-service
Connected
How People, HR & workforce connects
It shares data with the rest of the platform, so nothing is typed twice.
Feeds into
- Timetable and coverAvailability, not personal detail
- Payroll inputsSync with your payroll provider
- Professional developmentTraining and development records
How it works
From vacancy to a colleague who's set up to succeed
Every step has an owner. Key decisions stay with people.
Vacancy
A role is approved against the staffing plan.
School leaderApprovalRecruit
Applications are shortlisted and interviewed fairly.
Hiring panelClear
Identity, background and qualification checks are completed.
HR teamApprovalOnboard
Contract, access and induction are ready for day one.
HR teamGrow
Reviews, learning and support continue through the year.
Line manager
Safeguards
Safeguards built into People, HR & workforce
Personnel, health and disciplinary records are restricted to authorised HR staff.
It always
- Holds a start date until required checks are cleared
- Keeps grievance and medical records with HR only
- Applies the same criteria to every candidate
It never
- Lets a manager see another team's personnel files
- Scores staff with a single automated rating
Where AI helps
AI drafts job descriptions and summarises applications. People make every hiring decision.
Who uses it
People, HR & workforce, in every workspace.
See it working
See recruitment and onboarding in a demo.
Set up around your school, with your own terminology.