Head of HR

Cavendish Education Trust, Eastbourne, BN21 1UE

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  5 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £40,109.00 - £45,850.00 Annually (Actual)

Head of HR job summary

HEAD OF HR

Single Status Grade 11/12 (£40,109 - £45,850)

37 hours per week

Term Time Only + 3 holiday weeks (salary is pro-rated) or Full Time, 52 weeks per year.

Permanent contract. This is an in-person role to cover all Trust schools.

Closing date: Monday 9am 22 September 2025

Interview date: Friday 26 September 2025

Starting date: as soon as possible

Cavendish Education Trust (CET) is a Multi-Academy Trust, currently 3 schools, committed to excellence in education, staff wellbeing, and professional development. We are looking for a Head of HR to lead our Trust-wide human resources function, working both strategically and operationally to deliver outstanding support to our schools.

We advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.

The Role

You will:

• Lead HR strategy and operations across multiple sites

• Provide advice on employee relations, restructures, and performance management

• Lead attendance management, return to work and health review meetings

• Oversee payroll, pensions, recruitment, safeguarding and compliance

• Review and develop HR policies, systems, and processes

• Line manage and develop staff across the team.

About You
We’re seeking someone with:

• CIPD Level 5+ (or equivalent) or commitment to undertake this training.

• Experience in HR, ideally in multi-site or education setting

• Knowledge of employment law and HR best practice

• A collaborative mindset with excellent communication and organisational skills.

Why Join Us?

• Play a pivotal role in shaping HR practice across the Trust

• Work alongside a supportive senior leadership team

• Enjoy variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a real difference for staff and pupils.

If you have any questions concerning the role, interested candidates should contact Jon Brown, Chief Operating Officer, via hr@cet.uk.

Please visit our website for further details as well as the application process https://cet.uk/vacancies/

We look forward to receiving your application, if you have any questions, please email hr@cet.uk

Please note that we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect all those who work with us to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-check-applicant-criminal-record. We give high priority to promoting diversity throughout the school.    

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Cavendish Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cavendish-education-trust

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