HR Business Partner

Transform Trust; Forest Row; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Transform Trust is seeking a skilled HR Business Partner to join their central team. In this full-time role, you will provide tailored HR support across multiple schools, focusing on employee relations, change management, and legal compliance. A CIPD qualification and significant experience in the education sector are essential. The role offers flexible working arrangements with a strong emphasis on collaboration and development within an ambitious educational trust.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Employee welfare support

Tax-saving salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in complex employee relations.
• Experience with TUPE transfers and redundancy.
• Understanding of employment law and best practices in education HR.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive HR services to a group of schools.
• Provide practical advice on employee relations cases.
• Support school leaders on HR issues.

Skills

Employee Relations

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

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Ref: SCH-TT-0073 10 day(s) remaining Establishment: Transform Trust Central Team Location: Central Team Salary: £42,429.00 - £46,431.00 Department: Other Support Staff Job Type: Full Time Key Stage: Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 Closing Date: 12/06/2025 09:00 Interview Date: 20/06/2025 Start Date: ASAP

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 52.143 Pay Grade: Trust Centre | R4-1 - R4-6

The Role

Transform Trust HR Business Partner

Full time (37 hours / Flexible to suit)

Salary: Transform Trust central team pay scale

Rank 4 points 1-6 £42,429 - £46,431 per annum FTE.

Start date: ASAP

The central HR team within the People at Transform is a small, experienced and supportive team who provide an essential service to our schools and the Trusts Head Office. Due to growth we wish to move to a Partnership approach where each Business Partner will deliver a comprehensive HR service to a group of 8-10 schools, working closely with individual school leaders and the schools within their Partnership group. You will also work on national Trust wide projects and initiatives. The key will be to coach, support and enable highly effective practice at school level.

The role is fast paced, wide-ranging and varied so flexibility and a willingness to learn new things is a must. You will ideally be CIPD qualified or have significant experience in dealing with complex employee relations cases, up to and including dismissal (e.g. disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability) plus re-structures and TUPE conversions, all within an education or similar setting. You should be up to date and familiar with employment law and best practice.

Flexible working is a feature of this role, including an option to work partially from home, flexible start and finish times or term time only will be considered. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the head office team. In order to successfully provide business partner support there will be a requirement for the post holder to travel to schools within their partnership area, therefore being Nottingham based is not essential as we cover North Nottinghamshire and Derby Schools.

Ideally You Will

• Have substantial experience of providing effective and practical advice around the full range of complex employee relations case work (grievance, disciplinary, health & absence management, performance management, LADO referrals), working with trade unions, and advising managers on a breadth of people issues, up to & including dismissal
• Experience of handling significant change processes, including restructure / redundancy, and TUPE transfers.
• High level of knowledge & understanding of policy, procedure, employment law and good practice in relation to education HR.
• Be an experienced individual with drive and enthusiasm to work as a valued member of the team with a strong focus on working together to achieve results.
• Have a real passion for working within an education environment, able to influence and provide support locally to schools
• Can build strong collaborative relationships and credibility with both central Head Office and school-based colleagues as well as being able to coach and support others.
• Have a solution focussed approach, keen to support our schools to fulfil their school improvement plans through their staffing
• Be able to use data to inform thinking and strategy;
  
  

If this sounds like the role for you and you would like to know more, please email to arrange an informal chat with one of the team.

How to apply

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies

Any questions or queries should be directed to Emma Salmon on

Closing Date for applications is Thursday 12th June 2025 at 9am

Interviews will be held on: Friday 20th June 2025

Transform Trust is a Trust with over 9,300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We promote and embrace the local autonomy of each of our schools and we are an enabling organisation rather than a directive one.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our Vision is to provide high quality education and deliver the best outcomes for children.

We Can Offer You

• A friendly, welcoming team who will support your introduction and development in role.
• Unrivalled opportunities for professional development through our schools and Transform Applied, Transforms unique and high regarded CPD service www.transformapplied.co.uk
• Trust support networks;
• Access to the Trusts developmental Talent Pool;
• An opportunity to influence strategic Trust-wide groups such as Guardians (Safeguarding), Sustainability (Environmental impact), DEIB and Wellbeing strategy across the Trust.
• Staff benefits such as 24/7/365 employee welfare support; tax saving salary sacrifice schemes; a staff benefits scheme that offers a host of benefits and discounts
• Annual staff survey to allow you to provide us with feedback on what its like to work for us
• Childrens/staff events which celebrates the successes and achievements of our children and staff
  
  

All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children

Benefits

Other

Benefits Pension, Discounts, Employee Assistance Programme

Safeguarding Information

Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures, including satisfactory references, medical checks, Enhanced DBS with childrens barred list clearance and completion of safeguarding children in education training.

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Transform Trust Central Team

Transform Trust

Unit 11, Castlebridge Kirtley Drive

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG7 1LD

Emma Salmon

• https://www.transformtrust.co.uk/

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

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• Employment type

  Full-time

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  Human Resources

• Industries

  Human Resources Services

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