Key Role Information

Salary
£40,777.00 - £45,091.00
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
09/12/2025 00:00
Interview
15/12/2025
Contract term
AYR - All year round
Pay grade
Support Staff | SCP30 - SCP34
Department
People & Culture
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
37.00
Weeks per year
52.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

We require an enthusiastic and proactive People & Culture Business Partner to play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of a proactive and forward-thinking HR operational advice and support service across the Trust. 

You'll be an experienced HR professional who understands how to achieve our Trust vision and values through the provision of an excellent HR operational advice and support service, working in partnership with academy leadership teams on all employee relations matters, ensuring timely and effective resolution, and supporting leaders through Trust/Academy change programmes. 


WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You will be a confident communicator, with the ability to communicate with diverse audiences, proven experience of all aspects of operational HR delivery, sound understanding employment legislation and the ability to effectively translate legislation into your practice, ensuring any organisational risks are identified and well managed.  

You will have experience of effectively managing your own ER caseload, as well as the ability to contribute and support HR related projects, to drive change and improvement throughout the academies you support. 

You will have a calm, organised nature, with the ability to work professionally to strict deadlines, responding effectively and efficiently to challenges, bringing vision and drive to make things happen.  

Finally, the successful candidate must be able to manage their time effectively to ensure they regularly visit the academy’s they partner with, maintaining positive and successful working relationships with colleagues across the Trust, whilst also spending time with the central People & Culture team to support project work. It is therefore important that you are comfortable working as part of a team and independently. 


WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

  • A competitive salary 
  • Generous annual leave 
  • Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
  • An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals 
  • Enthusiastic and motivated students 
  • An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development 
  • Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group


If you would like to discuss this vacancy further please contact Joanne Clapperton - Deputy Director of People & Culture, email: joanne.clapperton@gosforthgroup.org.uk.

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date. 

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Qualifications

CIPD or other appropriate HR qualification or relevant experienceessential
Level 5
Training/Coaching Qualificationdesirable

Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Strong employment law knowledge with the ability to apply employment law concepts in a flexible way balancing legal compliance with Trust valuesessential
Self-motivated, with a ‘can do’ approach to problem solvingessential
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skillsessential
Advanced computer literacy skillsessential
Accomplished organisational skills and attention to detailessential
Excellent oral and written communication skillsessential
Proven ability to work flexibly under pressure, prioritise effectively and meet deadlinesessential
Discrete with ability to maintain confidentialityessential
Committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusionessential
Ability and willingness to travel across the Trust to support stakeholders, attend meetings etcessential
Working knowledge of education policies and practices
An awareness of educational sector legislation including those relating safeguarding

CPD / Training

Evidence of continual professional development (CPD)essential
Workplace mediation training

Experience

Experience of implementing and applying new policies and procedures at an operational levelessential
Experience of building positive professional relationships with key stakeholdersessential
Experience of managing, interpreting and presenting HR data both written and verbal to varying audiencesessential
Substantial generalist HR experience, operating in a medium to large organisationessential
Experience of working in a multi-site organisationessential
Experience of advising managers on a wide range of employment and people management issuesessential
Experience of supporting managers on the full range of complex employee relations cases, using employment and case law to advise and bring cases to a speedy resolution essential
Experience of supporting organisational change (at least one of the following and preferably all: restructures; redundancy or TUPE projects)essential
Experience of working within an educational setting, ideally an academy or school
Experience of working with Trade Unions
Experience of supervising staff
Experience of report writing
Experience of supporting the development of HR operational processes
Experience of Safer Recruitment practices
Working experience of the Burgundy and Green Book
Experience of Learning and Development methods
Experience of delivering HR related training

Personal Attributes

Good team worker with a flexible approach to workessential
Confident, conscientious and detail consciousessential
Strong organisational and time-management skillsessential
Highly developed interpersonal skillsessential
Willingness to be innovative and ability to be creativeessential
Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with studentsessential
A commitment to child protection and safeguardingessential

Special Requirements

Willing and able to travel to academies across the Trust and to flex working hours to attend and support meetings and events that are appropriate to the role.essential
Willingness to undertake further training (if necessary)essential
Full clean UK driving licence

About Us


Corporate Services Team

Joanne Clapperton

joanne.clapperton@gosforthgroup.org.uk

c/o North Gosforth Academy
Dudley Lane
Seaton Burn
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE13 6EJ

Safeguarding Information

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.  This means certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide and you can view our Policy on the Employment of Ex-offenders on our website within Trust Policies.    

Gosforth Group are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. References will be requested prior to interview for those candidates shortlisted. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant pre-employment checks.