Vacancy Details
Vacancy Summary
HR Manager
Grade: PO8 to PO10
Hours: 37 hours, all year round
Actual salary range: £45,091 to £47,181 per annum
The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience.
Start date: To commence as soon as possible
The role is primarily based at our central team offices in Halifax (HX1), with travel required across all of the academies within the Trust.
Vacancy Information
At the Family of Learning Trust our commitment to our pupils is that we will attract, retain and develop excellent staff. Our ethos is a simple one: ‘Learning without Limits.’ We pride ourselves on having the highest expectations of all our children and staff, believing that there are no limits to what they can achieve. We put our teams at the heart of our vision and use their talents to achieve it. We are determined to continue to improve standards and outcomes across our schools. We are committed to providing a nurturing and secure environment for our pupils to learn and we are looking for equally committed staff to join our team.
Central to the ethos and vision are the Trust Central Team, School Leaders, Governors and Trustees and we require an experienced HR Manager to support them with robust people management practice, guidance on employee relations matters and ensuring rigorous adherence to legal compliance.
The Family of Learning Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Calderdale and Bradford, serving our families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes. The schools across the trust collaborate to share expertise, knowledge and best practice, assuring we achieve academic and pastoral excellence throughout all of our schools. The schools within out trust share the same overall values, whilst maintaining their own unique ethos.
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced HR practitioner to join our Trust as HR Manager. You will be a Graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or hold an equivalent HR related qualification, or have significant demonstrable experience as an operational HR Advisor within a multi-functional, unionised organisation. Previous experience advising in schools / knowledge of teacher terms and conditions is preferable.
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer, the successful candidate will provide an outstanding advisory and transactional HR function across the five primary schools within the Trust. You will provide operational management on all aspects of HR advisory on employment relations issues as well as responsibility for the delivery of day to day HR requiring strong organisational and time management skills.
You will work closely with executive team, headteachers, senior leaders and colleagues within the Trust to ensure that we attract, develop, and retain talented staff who feel valued and supported with opportunities to develop their careers in education. You will advise and assist leaders with workforce strategy, employee relations, organisational change, wellbeing and compliance, you will be pivotal in ensuring the Trust continues to succeed through professional excellence.
We are seeking a confident but warm candidate with substantial HR experience, ideally within education or the public sector, although we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate transferable skills and experience from similarly complex organisations. You will bring expert knowledge of employment law and people practice, together with the ability to influence at a senior level, build trusted relationships and lead with decisive integrity and sincerity.
What we can offer:
Experienced and supportive leadership teams with a collaborative approach and an empathetic culture
An established, experienced and friendly central team
Holiday entitlement 28 days (increases after 5 years continuous service) plus bank holidays
Local Government Pension scheme with an employer contribution rate of 15.3%
Employee Assistance Programme
Commitment to continuous professional development for all staff
For further information about our Trust and our schools including information about the post and the application form please visit our website: https://www.familyoflearningtrust.co.uk
Alternatively please telephone the school office for an application pack.
Closing date: Friday 19th June 2026
Interviews: w/c 22nd June 2026
The trustees of the Family of Learning Trust and the Governors of each school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS (formerly CRB) from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.