HR Business Partner, Leeds

Job Title: HR Business Partner Salary: 51,167 per annumClosing Date: About the Role

Luminate Education Group looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team of five, reporting to the Deputy HR Director. Working within a hub model, you will partner with a diverse range of curriculum and non-curriculum teams across the organisation, building strong relationships and providing tailored HR support to meet their needs.

Working closely with senior leaders and managers, you will provide trusted, focused HR advice, support organisational change and develop practical people solutions that help our teams and group to thrive.

Hybrid working is available for this role, with the main base at Park Lane Campus, centrally located in Leeds and providing a vibrant and accessible environment.

What You Will Do

• Support the delivery of the Group People Strategy by providing a trusted HR advice and partnering service for senior leaders and managers.

• Provide an effective HR Business Partner service, using workforce data and business information to identify needs and develop practical peoplesolutions.

• Lead HR projects including organisational change, restructures, TUPE and group-wide transformation programmes, ensuring policies and procedures are followed.

• Provide advice and support on complex employee relations matters, including Employment Tribunals, workingwith legal advisorswhere required.

• Coach and support managers in people management,workforce planning, talentand succession planning, helping to buildstrong and effectiveteams.

• Build positive relationships with trade unions and HR/OD colleagues, supporting a collaborative approach and contributing to the groups aim of being an employer of choice.

About You

• Qualifications: CIPD Level 5 qualified, with a willingness to work towards Level 7 and a strong commitment to continued professional development.

• HR & Employment Relations: Strong knowledge of HR and OD best practice, employment law and employee relations, with experience managing complex cases including disciplinaries, grievances, performance, redundancy, restructuring and TUPE.

• HR Business Partnering: Significant experience providing a customer-focused HR Business Partner service, working with leaders and managers to develop practical people solutions.

• Projects & Change: Experience planning and delivering HR projects, organisational change and transformation initiatives, with a focus on achieving positive outcomes.

• Relationships & Communication: Skilled at building effective relationships with managers, colleagues and trade unions, using coaching, influencing and negotiation skills to achieve positive outcomes.

• Analysis & Problem Solving: Able to analyse workforce information, manage complex issues, improve HR processes and deliver cost-effective solutions in line with organisational priorities and KPIs.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Darren Whitelaw (Deputy HR Director) on or

Benefits

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:
44 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to peoples lives through genuinely transformative education and training.We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and youll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.SAFEGUARDING At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIES We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.