Senior People Business Partner

Overview

About the role: Please note this role will be based across our East Sussex and Surrey schools with occasional travel to our office in Orpington.

The People department offers and provides a full generalist and specialist service to the whole college.

You will be providing strong People Business Partnering to all levels across the business. You will also ensure the delivery of the People strategy and its underpinning operational deliverables, with particular focus on the employee life cycle, all aspects of employee relations, organizational change and OD activities, People analytics, up skilling and coaching managers, organizational effectiveness and building future capabilities.

You will be required to work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of an effective customer friendly People Service.

We are looking for a strong Senior People Business Partner who has excellent generalist experience both operational and strategically. You will also manage a team member and work very closely with other Senior colleagues.

Key Experiences and Skills

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Fully CIPD qualified
• Previous People experience in a generalist role at a senior level or People Business Partner covering all areas of Human Resource Management
• Good working knowledge of employment law, its application in practice and procedurally
• Must be comfortable working with a high degree of change
• Well-developed business partnering skills and an awareness of the education or public sector
• Ability to manage a diverse workload in a fast-moving environment
• Effective under pressure with a strong ability to prioritize and deliver
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Highly organized with excellent planning skills
• Self-motivated and driven individual
• Must be a team player with ability to assimilate information

Responsibilities

The role involves delivering senior-level People generalist partnering, supporting the employee lifecycle, employee relations, organizational change and OD activities, and contributing to People analytics and capability building. It includes stakeholder engagement, ensuring a customer-friendly People Service, and collaborating with a team of senior colleagues.

About Us

About the Trust

London South East Academies Trust is a growing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, currently comprising mainstream, special and alternative provision academies, alongside an outreach service and a music hub. Our schools are located across Bromley, Bexley, Sussex, Lambeth and Surrey, serving a wide range of communities and educational contexts.

Across the Trust, our schools share a strong commitment to raising attainment, encouraging aspiration and supporting social mobility for every pupil, throughout their educational journey and beyond. We take a holistic but personalised approach to education, recognising that children thrive when their individual strengths, needs and circumstances are properly understood and supported. This enables pupils to flourish and achieve their full potential, whatever their starting point.

We believe that great schools are built by great people. As a Trust, we invest in our staff through strong professional development and leadership opportunities, clear expectations and supportive structures. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice across schools, supported by high-quality, cost-effective central services that allow leaders and teachers to focus on what matters most: improving outcomes for pupils.

London South East Academies Trust sits within the Elevare Civic Education Group, which also includes a multi-campus further and higher education college, London South East Colleges and a charitable foundation, Elevare Education Foundation. This unique structure provides meaningful progression pathways for pupils and families, as well as broad development and career opportunities for staff across the wider Group.

Our teams are united by a shared belief in the power of education to change lives. By continuing to grow our Trust and welcoming new expertise and perspectives, we aim to strengthen our schools further and extend the positive impact we have on our communities.

Equal Opportunities

London South East Academies Trust is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status or marital or partnership status.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you have accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.

Please note that if a suitable applicant is identified, we may close the advert before the published closing date.

If you have any specific queries about the role, please contact us at lseathr@lsec.ac.uk.

As the Trust supports children and vulnerable adults, all roles are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and, where relevant, a Children’s and/or Adult’s Barred List check. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn if these checks are unsatisfactory. Self-disclosure is required as part of the recruitment process, and failure to make a full disclosure or to provide sight of a DBS certificate is likely to result in withdrawal of an offer. The Trust’s DBS policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.

All appointments are also subject to verification of the right to work in the UK, in line with Home Office requirements. Original documentation will be required prior to commencement of employment.