Regional HR Manager (West Yorkshire)

We’re looking for an experienced HR Manager to join our team supporting academy schools in Bradford & Leeds

You’ll help drive school improvement and culture change through ‘high challenge, high support’ professional HR advice across the full employee life-cycle. This will involve leading on-site HR colleagues to ensure excellent HR practice within the academies, and proactively working with the academies’ senior leadership teams.

This is a new role, adding capacity to our HR team, with an in-depth focus on two of our secondary academies - and we’re looking for someone who will have a clear impact on staff absence management outcomes.

You’ll be working closely with the Executive Headteacher, and the two academy Headteachers, to review each academy’s HR strategy and support the implementation of changes, where required. You’ll also be managing complex employee relations cases and trade union relations, facilitating organisational development, and upskilling line managers in HR management practice.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you’ll also be an active member of our wider Regional HR Manager team, working across our organisation as a whole to support casework, deliver training, and lead on HR workstreams.

CIPD qualified (or equivalent), you must have previous experience of advising on a wide range of employee issues, including absence management, recruitment & retention, and complex casework, ideally within a school setting. A pragmatic team-player with great organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to drive work forward on your own initiative, you’re able to build strong working relationships with, and influence the work of others, and are flexible, self-motivated & resilient.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to broaden their HR experience in a friendly and supportive team.

Although based mainly at two sites, occasional travel to other academies (which currently includes Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Merseyside) will be required. Own transport is desirable, and a willingness to travel and work flexibly (with due notice) is essential. There’s an expectation that the appointee will be on site at our academies most of the time, with some opportunities for ad hoc working from home during the school holidays.

Benefits

30 days annual leave + bank holidays

Local government pension scheme

Co-op staff discount and other benefits

How to apply

Closing date: 9am, Monday 09 January 2023

Applications must be on our application form, which is available along with other supporting information on our website at https://www.coopacademies.co.uk/vacancies/ and returned to centralrecruitment@coopacademies.co.uk 

For more information about the Trust, please visit www.coopacademies.co.uk 

Co-op Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, and online checks will be carried out.