Head of HR

Vita Multi Academy Trust, Alresford, SO24 9BS

37 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  4 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £48,948.00 - £54,423.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £29,867 - £33,208

Head of HR job summary

Working hours 25 hours per week, 41 weeks per year.

This is a rare opportunity to join our organisation in a leadership role, while maintaining your work life balance by working part time term time hours. Reporting to the CEO, the individual will be responsible for supporting organisational growth and development. Working at both an operational and strategic level, the postholder will ensure full alignment to the organisational objectives and Vita Multi Academy Trust’s vision and culture.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in an HR generalist role, providing advisory support to senior managers, and will have managed a small team. Educated to degree level you will hold a relevant HR qualification. Knowledge of school processes and an understanding of education based policies and procedures would be advantageous.

Vita Multi Academy Trust offers a busy and ever evolving work environment, where no two days are the same. Staff benefit from membership of the generous Local Government Pension Scheme. access to the on site gym, free parking and the opportunity to make a difference to the education of our students.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high number of applications are received. Therefore please submit your application as soon as possible.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools

We currently do not use AI tools in our recruitment processes; however, we understand that you may choose to use AI tools to help you with your application.

If you do, please remember:

• AI-generated answers can often be generic and impersonal, which may not accurately reflect your qualifications, skills, and experiences.
• AI-generated applications may lack the personal touch that human-written applications have, this may make you seem less engaged or interested.
• Ensure the information provided genuinely represents your own voice and experience.
• You must not provide false or misleading information.
• If you rely too heavily on AI you might not develop the necessary skills to communicate your experiences and qualifications effectively in interviews or other stages of the hiring process. This may make you come across to the interviewer as a different person to the one that wrote the application form, and you may not be successful in the interview.

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 Vita Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-perins-mat

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