People Business Partner

About The Role

Are you an experienced People professional, able to drive long-lasting change?

We invite you to join our newly reimagined team as a People Business Partner, where you’ll have the chance to collaborate closely with senior leadership and drive impactful people strategies.

Now is a perfect moment to get involved as we launch new projects and enhancements.

This is a unique opportunity to shape our approach to key projects, enhance employee engagement, and support well-being initiatives in an evolving setting.

If you're ready to contribute to a forward-thinking team and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid role, with the option to work from home, spend at least one day in the office, and travel to other sites as needed.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England. All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development, and spiritual insight.

What will you do?

Leadership Partnership & People Strategy:

• Partner with senior leaders and managers to identify business drivers and people challenges, using data-driven insights to support decision-making.
• Provide expert guidance on workforce planning, performance management, and future organisational needs.

People Services Expertise:

• Offer comprehensive support on People Services commitments, including reward and recognition systems and employee well-being programs.
• Ensure timely completion of cyclical People Services activities, providing support and oversight to leadership and management.

Organisational Development & Change:

• Lead organisational redesign projects, support cultural change, and coach managers on complex people-related challenges.

Centre of Expertise Leadership:

• Act as the Trust's lead on a designated expertise area, developing policies and practices related to EDI, mental health, or employee value proposition.

Team Team   Leadership & Collaboration:

• Oversee the Assistant People Business Partner, fostering their development and supporting the broader People Services team.
• Work closely with the People Services Leadership team to deliver the Trust’s strategy, keeping up to date with best practices and regulatory changes.

Why should you apply?

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
• Free staff lunch and on-site parking

What are we looking for?

• Previous experience working in an HR generalist role
• Experience partnering with senior leadership to develop people solutions to complex people challenges
• Experience in supporting managers in all areas of people matters
• Experience in developing/updating policies
• Sound working knowledge and understanding of UK employment legislation

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.