Regional HR Business Partner (East Region)

The Hathaway Academy, Grays, Essex, RM17 5LL

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  March 2026

• Closing date

  13 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 January 2026

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: £53,460.00 - £57,585.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Point 42 - Point 46 Actual Salary £40,455.96 - £43,577.47

Regional HR Business Partner (East Region) job summary

Regional HR Business Partner (East Region)

Home Based with regular travel to academies: The Hathaway Academy (Grays), Kingsmoor Academy (Harlow) and Ravens Academy (Clacton-on-Sea)

28 hours per week, All Year Round

NJC Point 42 - 46 - Actual Salary £40,455.96 - £43,577.47 (£53,460 - £57,585 FTE)

(Actual Salary £41,007.64 - £44,129.15 (£54,189 FTE - £58,314 FTE) - NJC Fringe Scale if applicable)

START DATE: March 2026

Are you an enthusiastic, and dynamic HR professional looking for a new challenge? Then Academy Transformation Trust is the place for you. A wonderful opportunity has arisen to join a professional, enthusiastic and friendly team as a Regional HR Business Partner. 

Closely partnering with primary and secondary academies in the Trust’s Essex region, you will provide a proactive, effective and efficient HR service ensuring that strategies are in place to balance the needs of individual academies whilst supporting the delivery of ATT’s strategic objectives. In particular, you will act as a business partner to Principals, Managers and Local Governing Body members, negotiate with trade unions and resolve a broad spectrum of issues, spanning employment practices, learning and development, pay and conditions, talent planning and disciplinary and grievance matters. Equally importantly, you will drive profound change to ensure we comply with evolving legislation and have significant experience of successfully managing complex and contentious HR case work. Lastly, you will have demonstrable successful experience of supporting the development of leaders and less experienced HR colleagues. 

A CIPD Level 7 qualified professional (or equivalent demonstrable experience), you will bring sound generalist HR experience gained in a fast-moving environment. This will have given you proven expertise to manage a complex caseload, interpret and apply guidelines, advise senior management and define best practice. Familiarity with educational issues would naturally be useful, but your project leadership, interpersonal, conflict resolution and influencing skills will be far more important.  

Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there.  Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people.  Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident.  We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

At ATT we are passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and welcome all applications.

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Clare Plant, Director of People Strategy on clare.plant@attrust.org.uk.

Please apply early as this vacancy may close early if a number of suitable applications are received.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 13th February 2026

Interviews: Thursday 26th February 2026

Academy Transformation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, an online check, 2 satisfactory references and any other necessary checks.

We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups including those based on, ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion or belief.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE 2025.  We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications.  We are open to Flexible Working.  

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 successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2023. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

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 Hathaway Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 608 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Hathaway Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-hathaway-academy

The Hathaway Academy provides an ambitious and stimulating educational environment for both students and staff, which challenges and supports us all to achieve our very best.

Teaching and learning is the core purpose of what we do as an Academy and therefore we are committed to ensuring that we provide the highest quality of teaching and learning standards, which is supported by exceptional staff professional development.

Student Leadership is an important aspect of our daily work as we want our students to feel that they are part of our strategic decision making. Consequently, our students feel safe and enjoy being at the Academy and are keen and eager to join our range of student leadership groups, taking active responsibility for their own learning and that of their peers. We are focussed on developing students’ skills, character and competencies which will allow them to flourish in later life, ensuring they become responsible citizens.

As a community we uphold the traditional values of good manners, strong discipline and smart uniform and these are embodied in our Pride Drives which are embedded in our culture and ethos. We are really proud of our supportive and caring pastoral systems as we truly believe that students thrive and achieve academic and personal success when they feel happy, safe and secure.

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