HR Business Partner
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 February 2026 |
| Location: | Wigan, Not recorded, WN2 4SQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | a799403a-777f-410b-844f-851ff8890357 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
HR Business Partner
About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and knowledgeable HR Business Partnerto join our MAT Central Team. This pivotal role will support our senior leaders and ensure our HR policies and practises are compliant, effective, and aligned with the latest employee legislation. You will play a key role in recruitment, casework support, and absence management, helping to foster a supportive and high-performing working environment across the Trust.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain new and existing HR policies ensuring compliance with current employment legislation.
• Lead and manage recruitment processes across the Trust.
• Provide expert HR advice and support to senior leaders, including casework management.
• Oversee absence management, ensuring consistent and effective procedures.
• Contribute to the development of a positive and supportive working culture.
Required Qualifications and Experience
• Proven experience in HR, preferably within an education setting.
• Strong knowledge of current employment law and HR best practises.
• Experience supporting senior leaders with complex HR matters.
• Ability to manage recruitment processes effectively.
• Skilled in absence management and employee relations.
Desirable Qualities
• A collaborative approach with the ability to influence and build strong relationships.
• Commitment to the Trust’s values and ethos.
• Proactive, organised, and able to work independently.
If you wish to discuss the role in further detail please contact Tonianne Hewitt (CFOO) 07881363436 / t.hewitt@quest-trust.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
Why Join QUEST Academy Trust?
• Wellness Day & Additional Leave– We prioritise your wellbeing with dedicated wellness days and extra leave.
• Family Friendly Policies– Supporting a healthy work-life balance.
• Supportive Staff– Work within a collaborative and caring team environment.
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD)– We invest in your growth and career progression.
If you wish to discuss the role in further detail please contact Tonianne Hewitt (CFOO) 07881363436 / t.hewitt@quest-trust.org.uk
Further details about the role
Join QUEST Academy Trust – MAT Central Team
QUEST Academy Trust is a successful and vibrant organisation committed to providing a caring and thoughtful quality of education across our family of schools within the Northwest region. Established in 2014, we proudly oversee five Good Schools, including four primary schools, nursery settings with before and after school club provisions, and the University Collegiate School, Bolton, offering secondary and sixth form education.
Educating over 1700 children and young people, each of our schools is recognised individually, with its own legacy and history, all focused on meeting the educational needs of its children and community. As part of the QUEST family, you will be joining a forward-thinking Trust dedicated to excellence, wellbeing, and continuous professional development.
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.
HR Business Partner
About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and knowledgeable HR Business Partnerto join our MAT Central Team. This pivotal role will support our senior leaders and ensure our HR policies and practises are compliant, effective, and aligned with the latest employee legislation. You will play a key role in recruitment, casework support, and absence management, helping to foster a supportive and high-performing working environment across the Trust.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain new and existing HR policies ensuring compliance with current employment legislation.
• Lead and manage recruitment processes across the Trust.
• Provide expert HR advice and support to senior leaders, including casework management.
• Oversee absence management, ensuring consistent and effective procedures.
• Contribute to the development of a positive and supportive working culture.
Required Qualifications and Experience
• Proven experience in HR, preferably within an education setting.
• Strong knowledge of current employment law and HR best practises.
• Experience supporting senior leaders with complex HR matters.
• Ability to manage recruitment processes effectively.
• Skilled in absence management and employee relations.
Desirable Qualities
• A collaborative approach with the ability to influence and build strong relationships.
• Commitment to the Trust’s values and ethos.
• Proactive, organised, and able to work independently.
If you wish to discuss the role in further detail please contact Tonianne Hewitt (CFOO) 07881363436 / t.hewitt@quest-trust.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
Why Join QUEST Academy Trust?
• Wellness Day & Additional Leave– We prioritise your wellbeing with dedicated wellness days and extra leave.
• Family Friendly Policies– Supporting a healthy work-life balance.
• Supportive Staff– Work within a collaborative and caring team environment.
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD)– We invest in your growth and career progression.
If you wish to discuss the role in further detail please contact Tonianne Hewitt (CFOO) 07881363436 / t.hewitt@quest-trust.org.uk
Further details about the role
Join QUEST Academy Trust – MAT Central Team
QUEST Academy Trust is a successful and vibrant organisation committed to providing a caring and thoughtful quality of education across our family of schools within the Northwest region. Established in 2014, we proudly oversee five Good Schools, including four primary schools, nursery settings with before and after school club provisions, and the University Collegiate School, Bolton, offering secondary and sixth form education.
Educating over 1700 children and young people, each of our schools is recognised individually, with its own legacy and history, all focused on meeting the educational needs of its children and community. As part of the QUEST family, you will be joining a forward-thinking Trust dedicated to excellence, wellbeing, and continuous professional development.
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.