HR Business Partner

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 in Milton Keynes and Coventry and will require weekly travel between both locations during term time, as well as occasional travel into central London.

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 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.

Please note: The role requires regular weekly travel to multiple sites. 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.

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
• Organisational change management experience
• Experience of supporting TUPE
• Experience of working across multiple sites