Hours: Full time, part-time and flexible working options can be discussed
Location: Northallerton - North Yorkshire - Hybrid working
About NYES HR
North Yorkshire Education Services (NYES) HR is one of a number of traded services for education settings, within and beyond North Yorkshire. As a service which is 100% funded by education clients opting to buy into our service, we rely on each and every member of our team to have a highly commercial and professional approach.
The world of education is rapidly changing, presenting challenge and opportunity in equal measure. We are proud to be a responsive and solution‑focused service providing a high standard of professional HR advisory support to over 400 educational settings. Our customers include maintained schools, academies, multi‑academy trusts and independent schools predominantly across the North of England with our income being 100% reliant on our customers choosing to buy into the provision. As such, our practitioners need to have excellent commercial awareness; customer service and strong relationships are key to our success.
The team sits as part of North Yorkshire Council’s high‑performing HR and OD Service and we are very proud to have recently won the 2025 PPMA Public Sector HR and OD Team of the Year, the PPMA Gold award as well as a recent award for HR and payroll provider of the year from Education Today.
What you will be doing
Due to the retirement of a long‑serving member of the team, we currently have an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR practitioner to join us as an HR Business Partner.
This role is varied, challenging and rewarding; you will act as the strategic HR partner for a portfolio of our largest multi‑academy trusts to support them to deliver their HR priorities, often seen as an extended member of their senior management teams. Your job is to partner with them to understand their individual context, culture, terms and conditions and policies in order to ensure that they receive a tailored service relative to their organisational needs.
You need to be able to operate at a strategic level with a high level of credibility, advising CEOs, trustees, chief operating officers and other senior professionals as well as manage a complex employee relations caseload and day‑to‑day supervision of HR advisers.
Your casework will include the most complex operational cases including safeguarding allegations, advising appeal panels and at times you will provide an expert commissioned investigatory service.
Given the highly autonomous, commercial and specialist nature of the role, we are ideally looking for an existing HRBP or a senior practitioner with extensive experience in the education sector. If you think you can help us to continue to make our mark and contribute to our fantastic team, then we would love to hear from you.
Qualifications
* Existing HR Business Partner or senior practitioner with extensive experience in the education sector.
* Ability to operate at a strategic level with a high level of credibility.
* Experience managing a complex employee relations caseload and supervising HR advisers.
* Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Benefits
* A local government pension scheme with an 18.1% employer contribution.
* Salary sacrifice schemes.
* Modern flexible working practices.
* Learning and development packages.
* Employee discount benefits including shopping and gym discounts.
* Green car and cycle schemes.
* Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing.
* All benefits detailed in the Total Rewards Brochure.
Why Work for us
We are a strong performing authority, with supportive political leadership and talented teams providing the platform to have a fulfilling, challenging and successful career in a truly stunning place.
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
Inclusion & safeguarding
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Council’s purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
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