HR Business Partner

The Laurus Trust, Cheadle, SK8 7JY

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 February 2026

• Closing date

  6 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £35,412 - £39,862

HR Business Partner job summary

Join Our Vision for Education Excellence

Are you ready to make a real impact in education? We’re looking for an HR Business Partner to join our central services team within a dynamic Multi-Academy Trust. This is your chance to combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, supporting schools and shaping the future of our workforce.

About the Role

As an HR Business Partner, you’ll be a trusted advisor to school leaders, providing expert guidance on HR compliance, safeguarding, and best practice. You’ll lead projects that improve systems and processes, drive workforce development, and ensure our HR strategy supports educational success.

Regular travel across our schools is essential to build strong relationships and deliver on-site support. We welcome applications for Term Time and/or part time working.

What We’re Looking For

We want someone who is:

• Intellectual & Curious – thrives on ideas and knowledge.
• Communicative – clear, confident, and great at connecting with people.
• Social & Personable – enjoys building relationships and working collaboratively.
• Adaptable – flexible, quick-thinking, and ready for change.
• Objective & Rational – logical and analytical in decision-making.
• Innovative – creative problem-solver who thinks outside the box.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in HR advisory or business partnering role.
• Strong knowledge of HR compliance and safeguarding requirements.
• Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel across multiple sites within the Trust.
• Proficiency in HR systems and data analysis.
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience with iTrent, SCR and School Workforce Census would be a bonus but not essential.

Why Work With Us?

• Be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking central team.
• Lead impactful HR projects and influence strategic decisions.
• Enjoy professional development and career progression opportunities.

If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our pupils by empowering them to become the best that they can be then we would love to hear from you. 

To learn more about what the Trust offer, including our wide range of employee benefits and access to further professional learning, visit our Careers page. At the Laurus Trust, we value the significance of a healthy work/life balance for our employees. Achieving a better balance can boost motivation and morale, lower stress levels, enhance performance and productivity, and make job opportunities more inclusive. Whenever feasible, we are committed to offering flexible arrangements from the very start, which could include options like part-time roles, term-time working, Job-sharing and compressed hours.

Ready to take the next step? Apply now and help us shape the future of education through exceptional HR leadership. Please note a full application must be submitted as CV’s will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process.

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.

Disability Confident Employer

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.

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 The Laurus Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Laurus Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-laurus-trust

The Laurus Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), committed to providing exceptional academic education to its family of schools across Stockport, Manchester, Tameside, and Cheshire East. Schools under the Laurus Trust consistently achieve outstanding results through a relentless pursuit of excellence and a dedication to student success.

Cheadle Hulme High School is the founding school of the Laurus Trust and was rated ‘Outstanding’ in the school’s last inspection and regularly features in the The Times and The Sunday Times Parent Power listing. The Trust’s commitment to excellence is evident not only at its founding school, but also in the outstanding achievements of Laurus Ryecroft, Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Didsbury High School, and Gorsey Bank Primary School – all receiving the top rating from Ofsted in their most recent inspections.

The Laurus Trust is continually growing, managing a comprehensive network of four primary schools, six high schools, and four established Sixth Forms. Their commitment to growth continues in September 2024 with the opening of Crown Street Primary School, the first new primary school in Manchester City Centre in nearly two decades.

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