Human Resources Business Partner (Central HR Team)

Teaching Vacancies; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking an HR Business Partner to join the central HR Team in Leeds. You will influence senior leaders to shape people, culture and performance across a multi‑academy trust and deliver high-impact outcomes.

Working with senior stakeholders, you will drive organisational development, performance management and change initiatives, using data to support decisions and champion safeguarding and equity across all schools.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience in HR Business Partner, HR Manager or Advisor roles.
• Confidence handling complex and sensitive employee relations issues.

Responsibilities

• Align HR strategy with organisational goals.
• Lead on complex employee relations cases, bringing clarity and resolution at pace.
• Drive organisational development, performance management and change initiatives.
• Use data and insight to influence and support decision making.
• Support talent management, succession planning and workforce development.

Skills

HRBP

Employee relations

Strategic partner

Data-driven

Job description

Human Resources Business Partner (Central HR Team)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an HR professional who thrives on influence, challenge and making a real difference? Shape the future of people, culture and performance across a multi‑academy trust.

At The GORSE Academies Trust (GORSE), HR plays a central role in enabling organisational success through people. We are seeking a confident and credible HR Business Partner to join our forward‑thinking central team and support leaders across our educational establishments.

This is a high‑impact role, working alongside senior leaders to shape strategy, strengthen practice and help create an inclusive and effective culture across GORSE.

What you’ll be doing:

• Align HR strategy with organisational goals.
• Lead on complex employee relations cases, bringing clarity and resolution at pace.
• Drive organisational development, performance management and change initiatives.
• Use data and insight to influence and support decision making.
• Support talent management, succession planning and workforce development.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for someone who is not only technically strong, but also confident influencing at senior level.

You’ll bring:

• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience in either a HR Business Partner, HR Manager or Advisor role.
• Confidence managing complex and sensitive employee relations issues.
• A collaborative, proactive approach with excellent communication skills.
• A data informed mindset and ability to drive improvement.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Further details about the role

Led by Sir John Townsley, GORSE has a well‑known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

Our 15 academies, our central team, our Teaching School Hub and GORSE SCITT work in a tightknit manner which sees our students prospering as a result of great partnership. Our professionals recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations work with integrity, moral purpose and determination.

If you would like to know more about our Trust, please visit our website at www.tgat.org.uk.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.