Trust HR Lead
Closing Date: 18.00 on 6th July 2025
Job Title: Trust HR Lead
Closing Date: 6th July – 18.00
Shortlisting: 7th July 2025
Interview: 14th July 2025
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Location: Truro (but expected to travel and work in schools across Cornwall , Devon and Torbay)
Contract type: Permanent
Are you an HR professional with a passion for making a difference in education?
Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-profile environment, ensuring high quality, dynamic HR services? If so, this is your opportunity to lead innovative HR strategy within a specialist SEND-focused Multi Academy Trust!
About Us
At Special Partnership Trust, we’re on a mission to advocate for high quality Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision across the Southwest. As an ambitious and aspirational Trust, we believe in creating inclusive and empowering workplaces that put people first.
The Role
As Trust HR Lead, you will manage the delivery of professional, legally compliant HR services, working closely with our HR business partner and reporting to the CEO. You will shape HR policies, provide expert advice to school leadership, and ensure compliance with safer recruitment, equality legislation, and workforce development initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategic HR plans and policies across the Trust
- Ensure compliance with employment laws and safer recruitment practices
- Support on employee relations casework, advising senior leaders
- Drive HR best practices to attract, recruit, and retain top talent
- Oversee HR systems, performance management, and operational processes
- Support the Trust People Strategy, enhancing workplace culture and staff wellbeing
- Act as HR advisor for school transitions, TUPE, and governance matters
Why Join Us?
- Competitive salary of £40,000 - £45,000
- Exciting leadership role within a growing SEND-focused Multi Academy Trust
- Flexible working across Cornwall, Devon & Torbay
- Hands-on, impactful work supporting all educational settings, outreach and residential provision
- A collaborative culture, focused on staff development & wellbeing
If you are an HR expert with a commitment to education and inclusion, apply today and shape the future of HR in SEND schools!
Our Total Reward Offer:
The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.
Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.
We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.
For further information, click here to visit the Special Partnership Trust website for our People Strategy and Benefits.
Contact Us
Informal conversations are welcomed. If you would like to discuss the role in confidence please call Guy Chappell, CEO, on 07807 495402.
Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust and an application pack. Completed applications should be returned to Laura Davis, (recruitment@specialpartnership.org), no later than 18.00 on 6th July 2025.
In addition to your application form, please click on the following link to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring form Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form