HR Manager | Schools HR Team

Overview

As HR Manager in the Schools Team, you support headteachers, governors and school leaders across Lancashire with expert HR advice and practical solutions. You handle complex casework, advise on policy and organisational change, and lead training to strengthen school leadership. You will build trusted relationships with school leaders while ensuring a responsive, professional HR service. This role offers variety, impact in education, and opportunities to shape HR practices across multiple schools.

Responsibilities

• Manage serious and complex HR casework within an allocated geographic area
• Review, develop and implement HR policies and procedures
• Collaborate with trade unions to promote positive employee relations
• Develop and deliver training for Headteachers, Governors and school leaders
• Contribute to service improvement and identify new business opportunities

Key requirements

• Excellent communication and customer service skills with accountability for advised guidance
• Sound knowledge of employment law and people management practices affecting schools
• Recent experience in a similar, diverse and challenging environment
• Resilience, energy and reliability in pressured situations
• CIPD qualified, or equivalent recent HR experience
• Full driving licence and business-use vehicle
• Flexibility to attend meetings outside normal hours; agile working accepted

• strong communication
• customer‑centred approach
• resilience
• employment law knowledge
• policy development and implementation
• case management of HR matters

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