HR Partner - Basingstoke and Hampshire

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Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact on the education sector?

At EPM, we're looking for a People Partner to join our award-winning team and support schools and trusts across Swindon, Sussex and South East.

Recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work, we're passionate about helping schools build exceptional workplaces where both staff and pupils can succeed. As a trusted adviser to school leaders, you'll provide strategic HR leadership, guide organisations through complex people challenges, and contribute to the development of innovative people solutions that deliver real value.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional who thrives on building relationships, influencing at senior level, and leading positive organisational change.

The Role

As a People Partner, you'll work closely with school and trust leaders, providing strategic HR expertise and helping them deliver effective people strategies aligned to their organisational goals. You'll be the trusted partner for senior leaders, supporting organisational transformation, managing complex employee relations matters, and coaching colleagues to deliver excellent customer outcomes.

Working within a high-performing People team, you'll champion best practice, influence decision-making, and identify opportunities to continuously improve our services and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a role model and ambassador for strategic HR business partnering.
• Build trusted relationships with school and trust leaders, influencing people strategy and organisational development.
• Lead complex employee relations and organisational change programmes, including restructures and consultations.
• Develop and implement people policies, processes and service improvements.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and regulatory requirements, while promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Lead and mentor HR Advisory colleagues, supporting their development and capability.
• Deliver a high-performing employee relations service, identifying risks and providing commercially focused solutions. xgikmsk
• Use people data and insights to support customer decision-making and service improvement.
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