HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Up to £49,000 Pro Rata - dependant on experience

Location: Reading area

Fixed Term Contract - start date asap through until December 2025

This is a great opportunity to work for a company within an educational setting.

This role will ideally commence as soon as possible and work through until December 2025 (at least).

Experience of working within an educational setting is preferred but not essential (for example, understanding safeguarding, safer recruitment and compliance, etc).

This is a generalist HR role and you will be responsible for:

1. Contributing to the efficient running of the HR function, providing professional HR expertise on employee relations, performance management and attendance matters to stakeholders and employees, coaching on best practice and legislation.
2. Contributing to the identification and implementation of service improvements and effective organisational change.
3. Advising on and supporting employee relations cases including restructures, TUPE and ET claims, liaising with ACAS and unions.
4. Undertaking and analysing employee data to identify any trends/issues and acting where necessary. Providing management information to inform people management solutions.
5. Developing and delivering training programmes to enhance employee and management skills and support professional growth.
6. Reviewing and implementing HR policies and procedures ensuring compliance with legal requirements and sector practice.
7. Overseeing the recruitment process - job postings, interviews and hiring, ensuring a seamless onboarding experience for new team members.
8. Coaching and supporting managers in short and long-term sickness absence management including OH referrals, accurate record keeping and return to work interviews and advising on absence protocol to reduce sickness levels.
9. Building effective working relationships with staff at all levels, providing advice and guidance on a range of HR policies and practices ensuring best practice.
10. Carrying out project work to deliver service improvements and initiatives.
11. Ensuring all data on manual and computerised records is accurate, GDPR compliant and up to date and providing reports as and when required from the HRIS system.

Experience and qualifications required:

CIPD Level 5 minimum

Associate member of the CIPD

1. Experience of liaising with both internal and external key stakeholders.
2. Effective management of a caseload including keeping accurate records and ensuring timely and appropriate risk assessed resolutions.
3. Experience in promoting equality and diversity.
4. Previous experience of supporting organisational change processes (TUPE and restructures).

Please forward your CV to Kate at or Lindsay at at Dovetail or call for more information.