Assistant People Business Partner

Please Note: This role is fixed term for 12 months, with a possibility of extension. We are seeking candidates who are available to start immediately.

Are you ready to drive positive change in education?

We are looking for a proactive and collaborative Assistant People Business Partner to join our multi-academy trust.

In this exciting role, you will partner with management to support the People Business Partner in delivering a high-quality business partnering service to your schools/areas. This role will support in delivering strategic people solutions, supporting cultural transformation, and leading key projects that enhance staff engagement and wellbeing.

At Avanti we take a value-based, empathetic, pragmatic and, above all, a ‘human’ approach to people management and this role acts as a partner to our Managers to empower colleagues to deliver outstanding services to our stakeholders

If you’re passionate about people, and are ready to make a meaningful impact in a forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you!

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

What will you do?

• Partner with management to align people strategies with business goals, using data-driven insights to address current and future challenges.
• Provide expert advice on workforce planning, talent management, engagement, wellbeing, and organizational redesign.
• Drive cultural change and enhance management capabilities in people leadership and complex issue resolution.
• Support Trust-wide initiatives by contributing to People Strategy projects and delivering impactful policies and processes.
• Act as a specialist in areas like EDI, mental health, or employee value proposition, offering trusted advice and innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with People Services colleagues to ensure consistency, share best practices, and deliver value-added services.
• Stay informed on legislative changes and educational requirements to continuously improve people services across the Trust.

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 Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Previous experience working at HR generalist role
• Experience of supporting managers in all areas of people matters including employment offers, people policies, performance improvement, disciplinary & grievance, absence & sickness, variation of terms, termination of employment and recruitment, etc
• Experience of working in a fast-paced HR team, providing first-level advice on HR policies and procedures, employment law and employee relations issues
• Experience of developing/updating policies with changes in employment legislation
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

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.