Head of HR

South Pennine Academies, Elland, HX5 9DX

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027 or as soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 2026

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: £61,471.00 - £70,047.00 Annually (FTE) All year around or consideration will be given to candidates wishing to work Term time only plus 10 days

Head of HR job summary

Head of HR, South Pennine Academies

Integrity | Ambition | Inclusion

Head of HR, Elland £61,471 - £70,047 plus excellent pension and benefits (£61,471 - £70,047 FTE + excellent pension & benefits. (Consideration will be given to candidates wishing to work Term time only plus 10 days)

South Pennine Academies is a cross-phase Trust of 10 primary and secondary schools, alongside a school-based Initial Teacher Training provider, Huddersfield Horizon SCITT.

The Trust’s vision is clear: to achieve an excellent education for everyone. This is brought to life through the values of Integrity, Ambition and Inclusion. Success is about more than academic outcomes; it is also about belonging, aspiration and opportunity for all.

HR at South Pennine Academies is about the people who teach, care for and support students across the communities the Trust serves. It is about making sure those people are recruited well, led well and want to stay.

The Opportunity

South Pennine Academies is appointing a Head of HR to lead the Trust’s HR team, reporting to the Operations Director. This is a new post, created following a change to the Trust’s central leadership structure.

This is a role for an HR leader who wants to see the effect of their work in schools: in the quality of the people schools appoint and in whether those people choose to build their careers with the Trust.

The Trust is looking for someone who can give Headteachers and school leaders clear, practical advice they can act on, and who understands that HR decisions in schools eventually reach the classroom.

Safer recruitment, compliance and consistent practice are fundamental. The opportunity is to build on sound foundations and develop an HR service that schools find responsive, well organised and easy to work with.

South Pennine Academies. Visit the Trust’s website to learn more about its schools, values, communities and wider work. Link: https://www.southpennineacademies.org/

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 South Pennine Academies

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/south-pennine-academies

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