Part time TLT HR Manager

Tove Learning Trust, Northampton, NN7 2LP

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): 22.5 to 30 hrs a week, part or full year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £49,818 to £61,001

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main Location: Central TLT Offices in Roade, Northants or one of the Tove schools

This is an exciting and rare opportunity for a highly competent HR Professional to join an established multi-academy trust.

We are looking for a skilled, proactive, and organised HR Manager to support the TLT HR Strategy Manager and the wider TLT leadership team with the development of our people strategy across the Trust. TLT is a MAT with a small central structure and a large amount of autonomy granted to its constituent schools. Each school has its own HR & Payroll Manager, School Business Manager (or equivalent) and a service level agreement with an external provider who provides a comprehensive Employee Relations service. You will work closely with these teams and the Trust leadership team to enhance the in-school provision and provide a specialist interface between the Trust, the HR provider and the schools.

You will support schools in our Trust with the management of school level issues such as sickness absence, probation etc. and with the application of Trust policies across the schools.

You will:

• Be CIPD qualified

• Have knowledge and experience of a variety of employee relations issues

• Confidently support and advise the school teams trust on policy application, case management and statutory compliance

• Have experience in a similar environment i.e. schools/education, working with remote teams, and ideally having a comprehensive understanding of the education sector

• Be able to demonstrate strong IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. and a mastery of bespoke software relating to the job role

• Be required to apply for a DBS disclosure.

What the school offers its staff

• A generous pension package through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

• A Health Cash Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme

• Training and development opportunities. All staff are encouraged to study further and the Trust will actively support relevant further qualifications through the apprenticeship levy

• A Trust and school culture of belonging, development and cultivating excellence through the GROW programme

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

The Trustees of Tove Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Tove Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Tove Learning Trust website
• Email address: hr@tovelearning.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tove-learning-trust

The Tove Learning Trust is a family of academies that aims to inspire education that leads to outstanding outcomes. Our trust consists of primary, secondary, and alternative provision schools across two regional hub areas in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes, as well as the West Midlands.

As an employer of choice, we value diversity and work as a team to remove barriers to equity. We offer rewarding career opportunities for both new and existing employees and are proud of our links with the Grand Union Teacher Training Partnership and our strategic partnership with a regional Teaching School hub. This offers first-class training and development opportunities within the MAT, including an outstanding induction year for all early career teachers. Our support network benefits all of our schools, pupils and employees.

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