HR Business Partner

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an HR Business Partner to join our Trust Central HR Team.

This is a permanent post, working 35 hours per week, all year round.

The salary for this post spans Grade 7-8, reflecting a starting salary of £32,909, with a maximum salary of 41,496.

Responsible for a designated group of schools, the HR Business Partner (HRBP) will provide proactive support and advice to school leaders on all staffing issues, both at a strategic and operational level. You will be based in our central support office at Greenacres (Piper Hill Sixth Form site in Wythenshawe) and spend a day each week in your designated schools to provide on-site support.

You will work in partnership with school leadership to lead on all HR advice and support, ensuring compliance and a solutions-focused approach:

• managing individual cases, providing timely advice and support for formal meetings
• monitoring and auditing HR processes managed within school to an agreed schedule
• providing regular feedback to SLT and escalating concerns as appropriate 
• producing staffing reports for LGBs and Trust Committees 
• Monitoring staffing data, identifying trends, risks and actions required in line with Trust policies (e.g. absence triggers) 
• providing oversight and support with the annual workforce planning process 

You will be a member of the central Trust HR team, providing a key link between the Trust central team and the schools working closely with the Head of HR and wider HR team, colleagues in centralised business support teams, Executive Headteachers and Headteachers. You will line manage an HR Administrator who is assigned to support you for your designated group of schools.

We are looking for a candidate who is excited to establish their skills in a dynamic and expanding Academy Trust, is committed to excel in a supportive environment and will engage successfully in effective professional development.

We offer a wide range of other benefits to staff including:     

Excellent pension scheme, the Greater Manchester Pension Fund,      

Cycle to work scheme,           

All year round support staff benefit from 25 days holiday rising to 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, (holidays usually to be taken during school closure periods),       

All of our employees have access to support through our Occupational Health provider, and counselling, financial, legal and personal advice is provided through either our free Bupa Level 1 Health Plan or our Employee Assistance Programme (which provides free, confidential 24 hour support).

 Great schools thrive because of the great people in them.

You will be joining a dynamic and forward-thinking Trust that works in partnership to ensure outstanding achievement of all children. As an employee of our Trust you will be supported to grow and develop; we are committed to your professional development. Your contribution will be recognised and valued but your time will be respected and supported; your wellbeing is important to us. You will have access to materials which support the development of personal health and wellbeing.

The Trust currently comprises of 8 schools, including 4 mainstream high schools and 4 special needs schools (both primary and secondary). We are a growing Trust, currently working in the South Manchester area but with further schools anticipated across Greater Manchester. The Trust was formed in September 2017 through the merger of two multi academy trusts. We currently employ over 1000 staff and are passionate about providing exceptional education for children from any background so that they become happy, confident adults with excellent academic knowledge and qualifications. We believe that our staff play a vital role in achieving our vision. 

Application procedure:    

• Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.       

• Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete.        

• Please note we cannot accept CV's.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

The closing date for applications is midnight, Monday 2 January 2023. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 6 January 2023.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applicants.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment

• All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. 

• If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. 

• Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks including receipt of satisfactory references.

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.