HR Business Partner
37 hours per week, term time only plus 3 weeks (41 weeks pa) Permanent
NJC point 26, within the range 26 – 31: Starting salary £33,561pa actual (FTE £37,280-£41,771 pay award pending)
We are seeking to appoint an experienced and professionally qualified HR Business Partner to provide a high quality, proactive HR advisory service to managers and leaders in our schools.
You will have or be working towards a Level 5 CIPD qualification and previous generalist HR advisory experience, gained in a medium to large sized organisation. Experience of working in the education sector would be ideal but is not essential. As a highly organised and conscientious individual, you’ll have strong communication skills, a proactive approach and be passionate about providing an outstanding service to our teams.
The successful candidate will be a strong team player with experience of liaising professionally with a variety of stakeholders. You will be highly IT literate with excellent attention to detail.
We can offer a competitive salary, access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities, a generous defined benefit Local Government pension, reduced rate on-site gym membership, access to wellbeing support and free on-site parking.
Closing Date: Midday on Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Interview Date: Monday 8th June 2026
Safeguarding Statement:
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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