HR Business Partner

Morgan Law; Northampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing multi-academy trust is seeking a skilled HR Business Partner to enhance HR services across Northamptonshire schools. The role requires strong leadership and operational support to improve educational outcomes through effective HR strategies and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of current HR legislation and practices.
• Experience providing complex HR advice to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated success in managing HR cases from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Support school leadership teams in human management aspects.
• Act as a guardian of Trust HR policies and procedures.
• Manage HR officers and facilitate recruitment processes.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Employee Relations

Problem Solving

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent HR experience

Job description

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My client, an ambitious and growing multi-academy trust dedicated to providing high-quality education to students across their network of schools, now has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and committed HR Business Partner to join their team.

This regional role will cover a selection of schools based across Northamptonshire and will require weekly travel to multiple sites during term time. This may be achieved using public transport, but it is preferable for candidates to hold a current driving license and have access to their own vehicle.

As Regional HR Business Partner working as part of the wider HR team, your role will be to support the school leadership teams within your region with all aspects of the people management agenda and enable them to deliver a well-run organisation that can focus on improving educational attainment for students.

The responsibilities for this role are wide and varied and include providing a HR service to schools, line management of in-school HR Officers, acting as a guardian of Trust HR policies, acting as a panel member for recruitment processes, supporting and coaching leaders to effectively manage employee relations issues, supporting trade union meetings and much more!

This is a stimulating role that will suit an experienced and credible HR Business Partner who can inspire confidence among senior stakeholders and colleagues and who possesses the drive to improve performance and deliver outstanding results through new, innovative and more effective ways of working.

To be considered you will ideally have:

• Full CIPD qualification or working towards qualification, or equivalent HR experience
• Sound knowledge of current HR legislation
• Experience of providing complex employee relations/generalist HR advice and guidance to senior leaders, ideally in an educational, local government or other public sector setting
• Experience of managing a significant caseload of HR cases from start to finish, achieving successful outcomes
• Experience of implementing effective HR systems and procedures
• Experience of developing positive and effective working relationships with Trade Unions
• Experience of supporting TUPE
• Experience of working across multiple sites