Regional HR Business Partner (East Region) 

Home Based with regular travel to academies: The Hathaway Academy (Grays), Kingsmoor Academy (Harlow) and Ravens Academy (Clacton-on-Sea) 

28 hours per week, All Year Round 

NJC Point 42 – 46 – Actual Salary £40,455.96 - £43,577.47 (£53,460 - £57,585 FTE) 

(Actual Salary £41,007.64 - £44,129.15 (£54,189 FTE - £58,314 FTE) - NJC Fringe Scale if applicable) 

START DATE: March 2026 

Are you an enthusiastic, and dynamic HR professional looking for a new challenge? Then Academy Transformation Trust is the place for you. A wonderful opportunity has arisen to join a professional, enthusiastic and friendly team as a Regional HR Business Partner.   

Closely partnering with primary and secondary academies in the Trust’s Essex region, you will provide a proactive, effective and efficient HR service ensuring that strategies are in place to balance the needs of individual academies whilst supporting the delivery of ATT’s strategic objectives. In particular, you will act as a business partner to Principals, Managers and Local Governing Body members, negotiate with trade unions and resolve a broad spectrum of issues, spanning employment practices, learning and development, pay and conditions, talent planning and disciplinary and grievance matters. Equally importantly, you will drive profound change to ensure we comply with evolving legislation and have significant experience of successfully managing complex and contentious HR case work. Lastly, you will have demonstrable successful experience of supporting the development of leaders and less experienced HR colleagues.   

A CIPD Level 7 qualified professional (or equivalent demonstrable experience), you will bring sound generalist HR experience gained in a fast-moving environment. This will have given you proven expertise to manage a complex caseload, interpret and apply guidelines, advise senior management and define best practice. Familiarity with educational issues would naturally be useful, but your project leadership, interpersonal, conflict resolution and influencing skills will be far more important.   

Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there.  Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people.  Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident.  We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission. 

At ATT we are passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and welcome all applications. 

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Clare Plant, Director of People Strategy on clare.plant@attrust.org.uk.   

Please apply early as this vacancy may close early if a number of suitable applications are received. 

Closing date: 9am on Friday 13th February 2026 

Interviews: Thursday 26th February 2026 

Academy Transformation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, an online check, 2 satisfactory references and any other necessary checks. 

We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups including those based on, ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion or belief. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer 

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE 2025.  We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications.  We are open to Flexible Working.