Senior HR Business Partner

Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust, Oxford, OX5 1GF

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Asap

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 December 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: £45,091.00 - £54,495.00 Annually (Actual) Hybrid / regional across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes

Senior HR Business Partner job summary

About Us
At the Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust, inclusivity, community, service, and empowerment shape who we are. We are a family of ambitious and aspirational schools, united within one Trust and proud to serve families of all faiths and none.

The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our Chief People Officer and the shared services team. You will play a key role in delivering our HR strategy and ensuring we attract, retain, and develop outstanding staff across our schools in this *senior* role.

In this pivotal role, you will lead the implementation of our new People Plan, focused on:

• Attracting and recruiting great people

• Developing talent and leadership

• Supporting staff wellbeing, engagement, and retention

• Building an inclusive, values-led culture

• Strengthening organisational capability and workforce planning

You will also be responsible for delivering a high-quality HR service, including employee relations, reward and recognition, and organisational design — ensuring ODBST remains a resilient, forward-looking Trust.

Why Join Us?
This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the experience of our staff and, in turn, support our students to achieve their very best. You will be part of a collaborative, supportive organisation where people matter and where your expertise can shape the future of our Trust.

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 ODBST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. ODBST is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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 Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oxford-diocesan-bucks-schools-trust

ODBST is made up of our family of schools, belonging to one ambitious and aspirational Trust. We have a clear focus on school improvement. Our mission is to empower our unique schools to excel. We want our children and young people to be able to ‘experience life in all its fullness’ and although this is rooted in a Christian narrative (taken from John 10:10), irrespective of a faith perspective, that is what all of us want for our pupils. This has been borne out by the community schools that have chosen to join ODBST, signing up to the vision and values that have children at their core. The trust exists for families with faith and none and regardless of any faith perspective we invest in our pupils’ spiritual development. Our schools exist to serve their community. We want our pupils to achieve all that they possibly can and, in doing so, that they and their families experience the best quality of education and care. We strive to foster a great sense of belonging in our schools so that pupils, parents, staff and the wider community all feel proud to be part of the family.

Through our Trust, we offer unrivalled opportunities for professional development and networking for teaching and support staff. We have cultivated a strong and supportive environment for our schools that utilises the collective skills and knowledge of our Headteachers and practitioners, enabling our schools to achieve high educational standards.

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