Are you an experienced HR professional ready to take the next step into a strategic HR Business Partner role or an established HRBP seeking a fresh challenge? Join our team and play a key role in supporting school leaders across all aspects of people management. You’ll help shape a well-run organisation that drives improved educational outcomes, while developing your own expertise in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment.

Job Title: Regional HR Business Partner

Location: Northamptonshire

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Application Closing Date: Sunday 26th October 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 4th November 2025 in person at Abbeyfield School, Northampton

About You:  

As a Regional HR Business Partner at Creative Education Trust, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting school leaders across all aspects of people management. You’ll help build a well-organised, high-performing environment that drives improved educational outcomes for students. Our ideal candidate will:

• Be highly resilient, resourceful, and professional, with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.

• Demonstrate determination and a relentless drive to improve performance and deliver outstanding results.

• Inspire confidence and build strong, collaborative relationships with school principals / headteachers and colleagues.

• Hold a degree and CIPD Level 5 qualification or above, with a solid understanding of current HR legislation.

• Have experience managing complex employee relations cases, implementing HR systems, and supporting change management initiatives.

• Be comfortable working across multiple sites, with regular travel and flexibility to support schools in the region.

About the HR Department:

The HR Team at Creative Education Trust provides professional, pragmatic and solutions-focused support to our schools on all people-related matters. It is responsible for the delivery of our People Strategy, which helps to make each of our academies a great place to work and Creative Education Trust an employer of choice for teaching and non-teaching professionals. Our experienced team help Principals and Head Teachers create the right environment to attract, engage and retain a high-performing workforce in order to deliver an excellent education to our students. The work of the HR team covers the entire employee life cycle, from recruitment to employee relations, pay and recognition, diversity and equality of opportunity, and well-being.

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.

We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together. Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.

Ready to Join Us?

Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to our Recruitment Manager katy.youngman@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you.

Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.