Senior HR Business Partner

Location:   Berkshire or Middlesex with some travel

Working Pattern:   36 hours per week, term time plus 3 weeks (42 working weeks)

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for over 1500 pupils and students from nursery to further education across 15 academies and 8 college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operate learning support, such as nursing and therapy, and business support services.

Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.

OHC&AT is a rewarding and inspirational place to work, where everyone works together to create the best possible outcomes for students. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit www.ohcat.org.

This role will cover a number of schools and college locations across Slough, Uxbridge and Hillingdon regional areas. 

The Senior HRBP will have matrix line management responsibility for a HR Administrator and together provide the full range of generalist HR support across the employee lifecycle. This is a demanding client base with a heavy focus on ER and recruitment. There is also the opportunity for the development and delivery of proactive training and coaching to improve management capability across the region. 

The successful candidate will ideally have experience working in education or another regulated industry and be able to demonstrate:

• Solid HR Business Partner experience, ideally Chartered MCIPD or CIPD level 7
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to manage expectations,  influence and persuade
• Proven people management skills
• Ability to multi-task, perform under pressure and to adapt to change
• Effective, logical problem solving
• Resilience and tenacity when challenged
• Numerate, strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent written communication
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel and Outlook

This role is based out of either Berkshire or Middlesex and a regular presence is expected across each location. Although you will not be expected to travel 5 days a week, you will need to be comfortable with travel across the region and to Surrey and Sussex as and when required. Although this role works closely with the wider HR team it would suit an individual who has the motivation to work autonomously.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Athena Davies, Head of HR via email adavies@orchardhill.ac.uk. 

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact jobs@orchardhill.ac.uk.

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role. Failure to show evidence will result in your application not being shortlisted for interview.

Please note that CV applications will not be considered.

Closing Date:   9am Monday 25th April 2022

Interviews will take place on:   Wednesday 27th April 2022

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.