People Partner

Panoramic Associates Ltd; Sefton; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Panoramic Associates Ltd is sourcing an HR People Partner for a multi-academy trust. The role delivers strategic HR guidance to school leaders, handles complex employee relations, supports organisational change, and drives workforce development across the trust’s schools.

You will partner with Headteachers and senior managers, ensuring compliant, practical guidance while promoting wellbeing, inclusion and continuous improvement in a fast-paced educational environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing complex employee relations casework.
• Strong generalist HR knowledge and good understanding of UK employment law.
• Proven ability to build credible relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, influencing and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice on employee relations and people management across schools.
• Manage disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and investigation processes.
• Support leaders to build confidence and capability in people management.
• Lead wellbeing, engagement and workforce development initiatives.
• Ensure HR policies and practices are legally compliant and aligned to best practices.
• Support recruitment, talent management and succession planning across the trust.
• Use people data to drive continuous improvement and informed decision-making.

Skills

Employee relations casework

Generalist HR

UK employment law

Stakeholder management

Communication coaching

Inclusion and wellbeing

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Amulti academy trust is seeking an exceptional HR People Partner to join its People and Culture Team. Working term time plus 10 days (41 weeks per year) and open to 52 week contract, this role offers the opportunity to support and influence leaders across the trust's schools while benefiting from a strong work-life balance, including school holiday periods off.

This is an opportunity for an experienced HR practitioner who excels at building relationships, influencing leaders, and providing practical, solution-focused people advice. Working closely with Headteachers, senior leaders and managers, you will help support the delivery of excellent education through outstanding people practices.

As the HR People Partner, you will act as a trusted adviser, leading on complex employee relations matters, supporting organisational change, driving workforce development initiatives, and helping to create a positive and inclusive workplace culture across the trust's schools.

About the role

You will partner with school leaders and central teams to:

• Provide expert advice on employee relations and people management.


• Manage complex disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and investigation processes.


• Support leaders to build confidence and capability in people management.


• Lead wellbeing, engagement and workforce development initiatives.


• Ensure HR policies and practices are legally compliant and aligned to best practice.


• Support recruitment, talent management and succession planning across the trust.


• Use people data and insight to drive continuous improvement and informed decision-making.

Opportunity to work remotely

About you

You will:

• Have significant experience managing complex employee relations casework.


• Bring strong generalist HR knowledge and a thorough understanding of UK employment law.


• Be confident building credible relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.


• Have excellent communication, influencing and coaching skills.


• Be organised, resilient, and able to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment.


• Share a commitment to inclusion, wellbeing, safeguarding and continuous improvement.


• Have experience in schools/academies/education (or a strong desire to build a career supporting educational organisations)