Head of HR Operations
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, Not recorded, M60 0AG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6a62ece4-67de-472f-947c-3e59cc9108ee |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Chartered CIPD or equivalent experience
Experience
• A proven track record in leading multi-disciplinary HR Operations or Shared Services at a senior level.
• Strong understanding of people systems, compliance frameworks, and service delivery models.
• Demonstrated expertise in using data-driven insights to make strategic decisions.
Skills, Ability, Knowledge
• team leadership
• process design and innovation, including digitisation
• systems mindset
• employment legislation
• GDPR
• change management approaches
• project management
Personal Qualities
• ability to persuade and influence stakeholders at all levels
• All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles and the Ways of Being Co-op.
Must include qualities relating to the safeguarding of children:
• Motivation to work with children
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children.
What the school offers its staff
• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans
Commitment to safeguarding
Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value variety and individual differences, and aim to create a culture, environment and practices at all levels which encompass acceptance, respect and inclusion. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.
Qualifications
Chartered CIPD or equivalent experience
Experience
• A proven track record in leading multi-disciplinary HR Operations or Shared Services at a senior level.
• Strong understanding of people systems, compliance frameworks, and service delivery models.
• Demonstrated expertise in using data-driven insights to make strategic decisions.
Skills, Ability, Knowledge
• team leadership
• process design and innovation, including digitisation
• systems mindset
• employment legislation
• GDPR
• change management approaches
• project management
Personal Qualities
• ability to persuade and influence stakeholders at all levels
• All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles and the Ways of Being Co-op.
Must include qualities relating to the safeguarding of children:
• Motivation to work with children
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children.
What the school offers its staff
• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans
Commitment to safeguarding
Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value variety and individual differences, and aim to create a culture, environment and practices at all levels which encompass acceptance, respect and inclusion. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.