Senior HR Officer

Tennyson Learning Community, Luton, LU1 3RS

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st May 2026

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  13 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,000.00 Annually (Actual) NJC L7

Senior HR Officer job summary

Post Title: Senior HR Officer

To manage the Trust HR provision by providing professional skills and specialist subject knowledge (including employment law legislation). To support the CEO/leaders with regards to operational and strategic HR related matters with integrity to provide an effective HR service to all stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

Provide HR guidance and support to the CEO, Head of schools, to ensure a consistent and timely approach across the Trust.

Provide advice, information and guidance on all aspects of HR management and employment, such as terms and conditions of employment and family related leave, for both teaching and associate staff, enabling Managers at all levels to ensure optimal engagement and deployment of staff.

Managing absence, including processing Occupational Health referrals and supporting line managers in absence related meetings and welfare visits.

Carrying out statutory HR reporting, including workforce census, ensuring data is accurate and provided to time.

What We’re Looking For:

Proven experience in HR leadership, preferably within education, other public sector organisations or charities.

Strong knowledge all employment laws and best practices.

Excellent analytical and decision-making skills.

A collaborative leader with exceptional communication abilities.

CIPD qualification.

What the Tennyson Learning Community Offers:

A supportive and inclusive environment with a focus on professional development.

The chance to shape financial strategy and contribute to meaningful educational outcomes.

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Start Date: 1st May 2026

Hours: 37 hours per week, 5 days per week, Term Time Only + 10 Days

Job Type: Fixed Term linked to growth plans

Working Days: Monday - Friday 08:30am - 16:30pm, with a 30 minute unpaid break

Salary Grade: NJC L7 - £34,000 per anum actual salary plus pension benefits and family private healthcare

Apply: Please apply via My New Term Tennyson Learning Community, Luton, | Teaching Jobs & Education Jobs | MyNewTerm

CVs will not be accepted for any posts. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Contact: Christy Broux, HR Administrator at hr@tennysonroad.school Telephone Number: 01582 723230.

Further Information: Tennyson Learning Community -Home

Visits to the trust are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

About Tennyson Learning Community

The Tennyson Learning Community is an established primary Academy Trust with the aim of supporting and leading the growth and improvement of primary academies across the county.

We are driven by a moral purpose and a vision that ensures every child has the right to outstanding teaching and, every academy, exceptional leadership. It is our vision to work with our children, their parents/carers and our staff to create and to sustain excellent academies.

You will share our core values and have a passionate desire to help children learn. Be committed to help all our children succeed through school whilst having a caring and nurturing nature.

What we can offer you

The Tennyson Learning Community can offer the successful candidate the support from staff, parents and trustees/governors who are enthusiastic, caring and committed to working as a team to achieve the best journey for our pupils.

You will have the opportunity to develop new skills and stay motivated through guidance and support of the Senior Leadership Team and Trust Executives, who have great plans for Trust and who really value committed members of staff. You will be enhancing your career by enrolling on the Tennyson Learning Community's numerous training opportunities and CPD schemes that effectively progress the knowledge and skill set of our staff team. This is a fantastic opportunity if you are motivated to work within a Trust where, at the heart of our mission, is our determination to improve life chances for all our pupils.

Safeguarding Statement:

TLC is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children’s Barred List Check is required as a condition of employment. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates to identify anything that may need further exploration with candidates and references will be sought. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equal Opportunities Statement:

At the Tennyson Learning Community we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this vacancy.

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 Tennyson Learning Community

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tennyson-learning-community

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