HOURS: 37 hours per week, Term Time + 4 weeks + All Inset Days
Flexibility regarding the additional weeks can be discussed further during the application and interview process.
Are you an experienced HR & Recruitment professional with a strong eye for detail and compliance? We’re looking for a skilled professional to join our team and lead our recruitment operations, ensuring a smooth and efficient process for our schools while upholding the highest standards of safer recruitment in education.
About WPT
At Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), we are fueled by a single commitment: 'We never do less for other people’s children than we would for our own.' As a thriving network of schools across South Yorkshire, we combine high expectations with embedded inclusivity. We do not work in silos; instead, we rely on deep collaboration and school-to-school support to ensure every student develops socially, emotionally, and academically to achieve the highest standards.
About the Role
As a HR Officer, you will be part of the Recruitment Team, working closely with the Recruitment Manager to deliver a proactive, high-quality recruitment service to all academies across the Trust. This is a 360-degree recruitment role where you will manage the full lifecycle from drafting compelling adverts to onboarding new starters. You will ensure strict adherence to Safer Recruitment and employment legislation, and you will also manage contractual changes and flexible working requests, acting as a trusted advisor to Senior Leaders.
Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition & Advice: Provide expert guidance to Senior Leaders on recruitment strategies, including market trends, sourcing methods, and the application of national/local conditions of service.
End-to-End Vacancy Management: Lead the project management of the recruitment lifecycle, from drafting compelling job descriptions and adverts to coordinating interview panels and liaising with external agencies.
Safer Recruitment & Onboarding: Work with the Recruitment Team and Safeguarding Manager to maintain the Single Central Record (SCR), ensuring all pre-employment checks, references, and DBS clearances are completed with 100% accuracy.
Candidate Experience: Act as the primary point of contact for candidates, ensuring a professional and engaging experience that promotes the Trust as an Employer of Choice.
Flexible Working: Manage and respond to flexible working requests in accordance with the Trust’s policy, attend consultation meetings, and liaise with Line Managers to ensure best practice is followed.
Selection & Compliance: Provide professional support during the selection process, ensuring all panels follow best practices in job evaluation, equal pay, and objective assessment.
Data & Reporting: Produce timely reports on recruitment metrics
Training & Development: Support Trust-wide leadership training and development, covering effective interviewing techniques, unconscious bias, and safer recruitment protocols
Trust Integration: Assist the Recruitment Manager with recruitment-related aspects of TUPE and the onboarding of staff during school transfers into the Trust.
Contractual Changes: Process all contract changes, including secondments, changes of work pattern, and flexible working request approvals.
Qualifications
A CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) is desirable.
Why Join Us?
Competitive salary
Generous Local Government (support staff) and Teacher Pension Schemes
Health and Wellbeing, including a Westfield Health subscription
Professional Growth and Development
***Closing Date: Noon, Wednesday 11th March 2026***
For further information and to apply, please visit our recruitment website: https://recruitment.wickersleypt.org
For more information about Wickersley Partnership Trust, including the benefits of working for us, please visit our main website: https://www.wickersleypt.org
We may conduct interviews as applications are received, and this vacancy may be withdrawn without notice. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
In line with our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, the appointment will be subject to an enhanced criminal record check and satisfactory references. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
Please note that we operate a safer recruitment policy and do not accept CVs. All applicants must complete an application form in full.
**Please upload a supporting statement which should be no longer than two sides of A4 (this should not be a CV), clearly demonstrating:
Why are you applying for this position
How you meet the competencies of this role using examples from your current and previous experience (please refer to the documents attached to the advert)
Any information which you consider relevant that you have not already mentioned
