Trust HR Manager

Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, Loughton, IG10 3HE

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 August 2025

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: £18,108.79 - £20,069.32 Annually (Actual) Scale 7 plus Inner Fringe allowance included

Trust HR Manager job summary

Working Pattern: 22.5 hours a week, over 3 days, must include a Wednesday (working pattern to be discussed at interview). Term time, plus 2 weeks in the holidays.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated HR Manager to work alongside our current HR Manager, supporting the Trust HRD. Our Trust seeks to appoint an individual who has extensive experience in an educational setting or equivalent experience. The candidate should have strong communication skills, have an eye for detail and possess strong organisational skills. If that describes you, and you would like to work for a progressive and growing Trust, then this could be the job for you.

We are a Multi-Academy Trust of 15 Primary Schools and one Special School, all based in the Epping Forest district. Along with our SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training), Wellbeing Service and SEMH Provisions, we are a leading educational organisation in Epping Forest. Formed in 2018, we are committed to collaborative working to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children and school communities.

The main purposes of the role are:

• To provide advice & support for the resolution of HR employee relation issues across all Trust schools.

• To assist Trust schools with the recruitment process, ensuring consistency across the Trust schools

• To provide and assist with the pre-employment process in line with safer recruitment guidelines.

• To maintain the Trust Single Central Record and ensure consistency is maintained across the trust.

• To support trust leaders with casework, e.g Sickness Absence, Disciplinary and Grievance investigations.

• To assist with the review of Trust Policies and Procedures

• To assist in the smooth running of the HR Office.

  
  The successful candidate will need to:

  • Have strong organisational skills and work to deadlines.

  • Be able to maintain confidentiality and remain impartial.

  • Have a flexible approach to working hours, to meet the needs of the service.

  • Be able to occasionally work remotely.

  • Be sympathetic to the needs of others.

  • Have an openness to learning and change.

  Good oral, written and technology skills, knowledge of the Google Workspace is desirable.

  The role will be based centrally; however, occasional travelling between academies within the Trust will be required.

  If you wish to have an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Tula Smith, HR Director, on the below contact details.

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

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 Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/epping-forest-schools-partnership-trust

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