HR Business Partner

Salary 44,711- 49,764 Per Annum| Permanent, Full time| 37 hours per week

Human Resources Manager (Schools)

Location: County Hall, Preston

Salary: 44,711- 49,764 pa

Contract type: Permanent

Closing Date: Thursday 3 April 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025

The Schools HR Team is a high performing traded service, working in partnership with school leaders to resolve complex HR issues. We are looking for an experienced HR Manager to join the team, to maintain the high quality service that we provide to over 530 schools.

Using your well-developed professional HR experience, often in difficult circumstances, you will be able to identify creative HR solutions to address a range of HR challenges and people issues, and we hope that you will use your customer-focused attitude to contribute to the success of the team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Undertake and effectively manage serious and complex casework, providing high quality HR advice, predominantly in the allocated geographic area
• To undertake the review, development and implementation of HR policies and procedures
• To work effectively with the trade unions to promote positive employee relations
• To develop and deliver training and development to headteachers, governors and other school leaders
• To ensure continuous improvement of the schools HR team service offer and identify new business opportunities as they arise
• This post entails regular travel to schools to support the work of the team

What we are looking for:

• Excellent communication and customer service skills, with confidence in and taking accountability for advice and guidance provided to our customers
• Sound knowledge of employment law, effective people management practices and of local/national issues affecting the management of schools and the conditions of service of school teachers
• Experience of successfully developing HR policies and procedures
• Recent experience of performing successfully in a similar role in a diverse, complex and challenging environment
• Ability to display resilience, energy and reliability in pressured situations
• CIPD qualified or have the equivalent recent relevant experience
• Ability to drive and access to a vehicle for work
• Flexibility to attend meetings occasionally outside of normal office hours, including meetings of school governing boards, as required

Although this is a full-time positions, we would welcome applications for part-time working and/or job-share.

Please attached a supporting statement that shows how you meet the criteria on the Job Description / Person Specification.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andy Cooper, Schools HR Manager, on 01772 535781.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description and Person Specification