People Business Partner

Please Note: This role is fixed term for 12 months

Are you an experienced People professional, able to drive long-lasting change?

We invite you to join our team as a People Business Partner, where you’ll have the chance to collaborate closely with senior leadership to design and deliver people solutions to complex, organisation-wide challenges.

Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll coach and challenge leaders to grow in a people-centred way, while providing expert guidance across the full spectrum of people matters — from organisational restructures and performance management to employee relations, recruitment, and policy application.

This is a hands-on and strategic role where your expertise will help shape our culture, strengthen leadership capability, and create an outstanding working environment for our staff.

If you're ready to contribute to a forward-thinking team and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

What will you do?

Leadership Partnership & People Strategy:

• Partner with senior leaders to address complex workforce challenges, using data and insight to create effective people solutions.
• Lead organisational change, including restructures, and coach leaders to strengthen their people management skills and handle sensitive issues.

People Services Expertise:

• Offer comprehensive support on People Services commitments, including reward and recognition systems and employee well-being programs.
• Ensure timely completion of cyclical People Services activities, providing support and oversight to leadership and management.
• Provide expert advice on all aspects of employee relations, ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant application of policies and procedures.

Team Leadership & Collaboration:

• Work with the HR Business partnering team (People Business Partner's and Assistant People Business Partner's), and supporting the broader People Services team.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of employment law and best practice, promoting a collaborative, high-quality service across the Trust.
• Work closely with the People Services Leadership team to deliver the Trust’s strategy, keeping up to date with best practices and regulatory changes.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Previous experience working in an HR generalist or HR Business Partner role
• Experience partnering with senior leadership to develop people solutions to complex people challenges
• Experience in supporting managers in all areas of people matters
• Experience in developing/updating policies
• Sound working knowledge and understanding of UK employment legislation

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.