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 excellent career opportunity for an ambitious and committed HR Business Partner to join their HR team.

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.

This regional role will cover a selection of schools based across Staffordshire and will require the post holder to undertake weekly travel to multiple sites, particularly 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.

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.

To be considered you will require:

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, gained 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
Previous experience of working across multiple sites would be preferable