Senior Human Resources Advisor

Icknield High School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2AH

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  17 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 July 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: M2 (scale 32-35) Term Time + 3 weeks £37,999.17 Actual

Senior Human Resources Advisor job summary

Are you a passionate and experienced HR professional ready to make a meaningful impact in education? We are seeking a Senior Human Resources Advisor to join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping the future of our school community.

Reporting directly to the Headteacher, you will lead on all aspects of recruitment, resourcing, and staff development. You’ll manage operational HR activities, provide expert advice to line managers, and ensure our HR practices align with safeguarding and educational excellence.

Icknield High School is a state funded secondary academy school with 1450 students. It has an Ofsted rating of ‘good’ – February 2024. It caters for students aged between 11 and 16 in Luton, Bedfordshire. At Icknield High School everything we do is underpinned by our overriding philosophy of ‘Raising the Achievement of All’. We believe that every student, regardless of background, should be afforded the same opportunities to be successful and that nothing should hold a child back from pursuing their talents and passions. We have consistently high expectations of our students and encourage excellence in all aspects of school life. In 2024, the school achieved a progress 8 score of +0.55 with 60% of students achieving a grade 5 and above in Maths and English. The 2024 outcomes rank the school in the top 10% in the country for GCSE outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring compliance with Safer Recruitment and KCSIE guidelines.

Provide strategic HR advice and support to school leaders and staff.

Oversee employee relations, including investigations, grievances, and performance management.

Drive workforce development initiatives aligned with the School Development Plan.

Manage HR systems, records, and the Single Central Record (SCR).

Collaborate with Occupational Health and external HR services as needed.

What We’re Looking For

Proven experience in a senior HR advisory role, ideally within education or the public sector.

Strong knowledge of employment law, safeguarding, and HR best practices.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Ability to lead projects, manage change, and influence at all levels.

A commitment to upholding the values and ethos of our school.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience for the above position and are interested in joining our staff team, for further details and an application pack please contact Mrs Freeman-Headteacher’s PA, - telephone 01582 576561 or e-mail tfreeman@icknield.beds.sch.uk Alternatively, please visit our web site www.icknield.beds.sch.uk. Visits to the school are welcomed.

Closing date: Thursday 17th July 2025 at midday.

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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 Icknield High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1446 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Icknield High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/icknield-high-school

Icknield High School is a highly successful 11-16 mixed Academy with an excellent reputation, situated in pleasant grounds on the northern outskirts of town. We pride ourselves on our excellent GCSE results and offering an enriching educational experience to all of our students. We are justifiably proud of our excellent reputation and believe that we offer both students and staff a caring environment in which they can succeed.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) formerly the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

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