HR Business Partner

The Skylark Partnership, Northampton, NN4 8EN

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 5pm

• Date listed

  27 April 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: £53,051.00 - £56,293.00 Annually (FTE)

HR Business Partner job summary

The Skylark Partnership Trust is seeking to appoint an exceptional HR leader to establish and lead our people strategy at a pivotal moment in our development.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of a specialist Trust.

This is a newly created role, designed to move the Trust from a reactive, compliance-based HR model to a proactive, strategic approach that places people, culture and leadership development at the centre of our work.

Contract: Full-time (0.8 FTE considered), Permanent

Location: Hybrid - home-based with regular travel to Trust academies (Northamptonshire, Dudley, Wirral)

Please see the advertisement document for further information about the role.

If you are an ambitious HR leader who wants to make a tangible difference in a specialist and growing Trust, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

We strongly encourage prospective applicants to get in touch to arrange an informal and confidential conversation with the CEO to discuss the role in more detail.

Closing date for applications is: 15th May 2026

Shortlisting will take place on: 18th & 19th May 2026

Interviews will be held on: 21st - 22nd May

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 Skylark Partnership

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

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