29 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    8 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    8 May 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

£47,532.00 - £50,574.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Points 35-38, 36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

HR Business Partner job summary

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Luton, Peterborough and the London Borough's of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and four all-through special schools, with 2400 pupils and over 700 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:

- Learners are safe and enjoy learning

- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued

- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood

- Employee potential is recognised and invested in

The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.

We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.

Overview of the role

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to:

Effectively and efficiently manage a portfolio of HR casework and functions and provide advice on HR issues within the Trust schools

Establish and develop a responsive Business Partner type relationship with the Trust, Headteachers and Senior Leadership Teams

Provide professional advice, support and coaching to the Trust Headteachers and Senior Managers on the interpretation and application of all HR policies, processes and procedures, ensuring these are applied fairly and consistently

Advise the Schools Senior Leadership Teams on the people management implications of school policy and people strategy

Advise and recommend appropriate courses of action in line with relevant best practice, policies, employment legislation and statutory frameworks

Be responsible for cases delegated by the Head of HR by working with the Trust Headteacher s and/or School Business Managers to initiate the process in line with and oversee the sickness absence procedure when necessary

The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, be proactive and confident working with people.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate:

At least 3 years’ experience of working at HR Adviser/Officer level in a generalist role covering

ER case management

Experience of working in an HR role carrying out a range of HR duties, ideally in the education sector

Experience of dealing and building effective relationships with trade unions

Experience of supporting managers in all areas of people matters, including recruitment, disciplinary, grievance, absence and sickness casework

Experience of working within a customer focused environment with the ability to establish good working relationships with a variety of people e.g. senior leaders, job applicants, employees

Experience of dealing with employee relations casework and HR best practice

Experience of managing a team

A commitment to the vision and values of the Trust, alongside a collaborative and effective partnership working style to enable you to fulfil this role

You will be a highly motivated practitioner who is committed to implementing significant and sustained improvements across the schools and the wider Trust, who is enthusiastic to see all of our pupils’ flourish in safe, secure and welcoming learning environments.

Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates could be called for interview prior to the closing date.

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact Lisa Collison Head of HR on 07741909707 to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About Lime Trust

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Multi-academy trust

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