Human Resources Business Partner (Central HR Team)

Tgat; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Teacher/local government pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

The GORSE Academies Trust (GORSE) is seeking a confident HR Business Partner to join the central team and influence leaders across its 15 academies in Leeds. You will align HR strategy with organisational goals, handle complex employee relations, and drive development and change initiatives to foster an inclusive culture.

This high-impact role requires strong employment law knowledge, credibility at senior levels, and a proactive, collaborative approach with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, HR Manager or Advisor.
• Confidence managing complex and sensitive employee relations issues.
• Collaborative, proactive approach with excellent communication skills.
• Data-informed mindset and ability to drive improvement.

Responsibilities

• Align HR strategy with organisational goals across the trust.
• Lead on complex employee relations cases, providing clarity and resolution.
• 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 experience

employee relations

stakeholder influencing

data-driven decision making

communication skills

Job description

Human Resources Business Partner (Central HR Team)

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

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 playsa central rolein enabling organisational success through people. We areseekinga confident and credible HR Business Partner to join ourforward ‑ thinkingcentral team and support leaders across our educational establishments.

This is ahigh ‑ impactrole, working alongside senior leaders to shape strategy, strengthen practice and help create an inclusive and effective culture across GORSE.

Whatyou’llbe doing

You’llplaya central roleacross the trust, working closely with Principals and leadership teams to:

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

Whatwe’relooking for

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

You’llbring:

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

What we offer you:

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.

About us:

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 .

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and we welcome applications from people with disabilities as defined by the Equality Act.

We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.