Schools’ People Partner
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Location: | Cheddar, Not recorded, BS27 3AQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6c1ae2c5-3c1e-4e10-9c00-73690f4167bd |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Full-time 37 hours per week (Part-time will be considered 25 hours +)
1 year Fixed-Term Contract (Maternity Cover) commencing Nov/Dec 2025
Term-time only plus 2 weeks (40 weeks per year)
Support Staff Scale – Grade 9 (£41,771 - £46,142 FTE)
Actual Salary for 40 weeks, 37 hours a week is £37,510 - £41,435 pa
The Wessex Learning Trust is a growing schools’ Trust based across Somerset and North Somerset driven by the ambitionof providing high-quality education and personal development for our young people, from the ages of6 months to 19 years. With over 1000 colleagues supporting our 7000 young people we truly believe that ‘our people’within our settings deserve the best working environments, resources and engagement in an organisation where ourvalues of Everyone Matters, Working Together and Making a Difference are lived-out daily.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our People team.
The Schools People Partner provides a professional HR service to our schools and settings within the Wessex Learning Trust supporting them with a range of people matters and timely strategic advice. This is a busy, varied role where you will be working in our culture of continuous improvement and will have an opportunity to make a difference with our stakeholders.
You will have previous experience as a HR practitioner or Business Partner within the education sector – preferably within a school or multi-academy trust, with a proven track record of handling a range of complex employee relations issues and casework.
What the school offers its staff
It is an exciting time to join the Wessex family as we grow, we can offer:
• The full support of a dedicated team of staff who are values-driven and are committed to a healthy working culture.
• The benefit of working in an innovative and forward-thinking Trust.
• The opportunity to work with a variety of different education phases across twenty-three schools, a teacher-training organisation and a fitness and leisure centre.
• A commitment to offering excellent CPD opportunities.
• Staff benefits, including discounted gym membership and a cycle to work scheme.
• A Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution in excess of 20%, subject to pension eligibility criteria.
• A staff assistance programme with specialist provider, CareFirst who provide a 24/7 free phone helpline, or face-to-face counselling for every employee in the Wessex family.
To apply for this position, please complete a support staff application form, (available on our website), together with a letter of application for the attention of Mrs Louise Hulbert (Trust Director of People and Culture). Applications should be returned by email to HR@wessexlearningtrust.co.uk If you wish to discuss the role informally prior to making an application, please contact the People team on the above email address.
Closing date: 8am, 29 September 2025
Interview dates: 9 October 2025
Early applications are encouraged; we reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
The Wessex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding young people and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff appointed will undergo online checks and be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Full-time 37 hours per week (Part-time will be considered 25 hours +)
1 year Fixed-Term Contract (Maternity Cover) commencing Nov/Dec 2025
Term-time only plus 2 weeks (40 weeks per year)
Support Staff Scale – Grade 9 (£41,771 - £46,142 FTE)
Actual Salary for 40 weeks, 37 hours a week is £37,510 - £41,435 pa
The Wessex Learning Trust is a growing schools’ Trust based across Somerset and North Somerset driven by the ambitionof providing high-quality education and personal development for our young people, from the ages of6 months to 19 years. With over 1000 colleagues supporting our 7000 young people we truly believe that ‘our people’within our settings deserve the best working environments, resources and engagement in an organisation where ourvalues of Everyone Matters, Working Together and Making a Difference are lived-out daily.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our People team.
The Schools People Partner provides a professional HR service to our schools and settings within the Wessex Learning Trust supporting them with a range of people matters and timely strategic advice. This is a busy, varied role where you will be working in our culture of continuous improvement and will have an opportunity to make a difference with our stakeholders.
You will have previous experience as a HR practitioner or Business Partner within the education sector – preferably within a school or multi-academy trust, with a proven track record of handling a range of complex employee relations issues and casework.
What the school offers its staff
It is an exciting time to join the Wessex family as we grow, we can offer:
• The full support of a dedicated team of staff who are values-driven and are committed to a healthy working culture.
• The benefit of working in an innovative and forward-thinking Trust.
• The opportunity to work with a variety of different education phases across twenty-three schools, a teacher-training organisation and a fitness and leisure centre.
• A commitment to offering excellent CPD opportunities.
• Staff benefits, including discounted gym membership and a cycle to work scheme.
• A Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution in excess of 20%, subject to pension eligibility criteria.
• A staff assistance programme with specialist provider, CareFirst who provide a 24/7 free phone helpline, or face-to-face counselling for every employee in the Wessex family.
To apply for this position, please complete a support staff application form, (available on our website), together with a letter of application for the attention of Mrs Louise Hulbert (Trust Director of People and Culture). Applications should be returned by email to HR@wessexlearningtrust.co.uk If you wish to discuss the role informally prior to making an application, please contact the People team on the above email address.
Closing date: 8am, 29 September 2025
Interview dates: 9 October 2025
Early applications are encouraged; we reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
The Wessex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding young people and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff appointed will undergo online checks and be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.