Senior HR Business Partner: Recruitment, Retention & Reward

Post: Senior HR Business Partner: Recruitment, Retention & Reward

Salary: Grade P07 SCP 46 – 50 £59,772 – £64,032

Working Pattern: Permanent role with full-time, part-time or term-time only working pattern option

Location: Guildhall London, with the requirement to travel to Trust academies within London

Start date: As soon as possible

About Us

City of London Academies Trust believes strongly in the transformational nature of education operating schools in areas of significant disadvantage. We understand that strong outcomes lead to improved life chances for our students, so we are unashamedly academic and unapologetically results driven. Each of our schools adopt a ‘warm/strict’ approach, combining high expectations with care and support. Our level of care means we never compromise on standards or expectations, ensuring that no student’s background becomes a reason for lowering the bar. Our schools maintain exemplary standards of behaviour, with systems, rituals and norms that instil strong habits. As a result, our schools provide an environment where our teachers can teach, and students can learn without disruption. We take great pride in fostering an exceptionally positive learning environment and we work meticulously to maintain our strong ethos and culture.

COLAT is driven by an unwavering ambition to be the best. We believe exceptional leaders and teachers create outstanding schools, transforming lives and shaping the future of every student. We currently oversee seven secondary academies, three primary academies and one sixth form centre all located in north, south and east London. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within our evolving Trust.

About you

Dynamic and motivational, you will be supporting the Director of Human Resources in driving HR strategy, reviewing, and setting policies across the Trust and ensuring that outcomes are consistent and compliant. You will play a key part in developing and implementing retention and reward strategies to attract, motivate, and retain top talent across the Trust. You will need to be CIPD level 5 qualified or have a significant level of experience at a managerial level or HR Business Partner level, with a high level of skills, knowledge, and experience to lead strategic HR projects with significant impact and outcome.

About the Role

The Senior HR Business Partner for Recruitment, Retention and Reward plays a key part in the Trust’s HR operating model, providing partnering support across the Trust. Through strong trusted relationships, Senior HR Partners work in partnership with Chief Officers, Directors, Academy Leaders, Senior Leadership Teams, and HR colleagues to deliver excellent people management practices, provide professional support and expert advice to help achieve organisational goals inclusive of transformational work.

The role forms part of the HR Business Partnering model and will require resilience and self-sufficiency, with strong team relationships within the HR Team, to enable the sharing of best practice, mutual support and collaboration on all people, HR and corporate initiatives as required. The role includes responsibility for developing and executing recruitment strategies to attract, assess, and hire exceptional candidates, as well as being instrumental in developing and implementing retention and reward strategies to attract, motivate, and retain top talent across the Trust. As well as the specialism of recruitment, retention and reward, this role will include a general ER casework load supporting with the more complex HR issues.

How to Apply

If you match our ambition and want to join our dedicated team of professionals, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must address the person specification in no more than 1,000 words. Applications must be submitted via the TES portal.

Your application should include full contact details (address, telephone numbers and email addresses) and details of two referees.

For each referee, please provide their name, position, organisation, telephone numbers and email addresses. One of these referees must be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to contact referees at this stage, please make this clear on your application.

If you require any other details, or would like an informal discussion, please contact Katyryna Zamulinskyj, Director of HR on the following email address:

Selection Timeline

Closing date for applications is 9:00am Monday 24 February 2025.

We plan for selection activities and interviews to take place week commencing Monday 3 March 2025.

City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flow from City of London Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

City of London Academies Trust Company Registration No. 04504128.

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