Recruitment Business Partner

Salary: PO3/4 GBP28,912 - GBP33,124 (pro rata) (GBP42,836 - GBP49,077 FTE)

Location: Head Office Sutton and School/College locations in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire

Working Pattern: Permanent, 4 days per week (26 hours per week), Term time plus 3 weeks

About the role of Recruitment Business Partner

You will work within the HR Business Partner Team who support Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) schools, colleges and Central Team supported by the Assistant Director of HR and the HR Director.

As Recruitment Business Partner, you will provide expert recruitment advice you and assist with all recruitment processes, systems, and projects across the Trust to maximise and continuously improve the level of direct sourcing. The Recruitment Business Partner will work closely with the wider HR team and senior business stakeholders to provide a first-class recruitment service, as part of the shared service provision, ensuring best practice across multiple sites within OHC&AT. You will assist hiring managers across the regions to efficiently recruit for their roles, offering support through the full recruitment lifecycle, from inception through to offer. You will report monthly on your success and report on metrics such as Diversity and Inclusion. The Recruitment Business Partner will be required to attend regular networking and careers events, to promote OHC&AT as an employer of choice.

You will need:

• previous end-to-end recruitment experience operating as a Recruitment Business Partner/Talent Acquisition Partner/ In-House Recruiter,
• a solid background in recruitment across a variety of roles,
• a willingness to "roll up your sleeves" and coordinate senior recruitment interview and assessment days,
• experience of utilising a number of recruitment tools to build talent pools, with a drive to create a strong employer brand and push internal referrals,
• an awareness of people with learning difficulties, and willingness to work alongside students who may communicate through challenging behaviour,
• a driving license (or currently having driving lessons) to enable travel to schools and college centres with limited public transport availability. (OHC&AT offers an electric car lease scheme through salary sacrifice, subject to eligibility).

We can offer:

• the opportunity to develop skills and experience within a family of providers,
• support and guidance from Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust,
• access to a range of employee benefits and generous family friendly policies.

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for over 1500 pupils and students from nursery to further education across 14 academies and 9 college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operate learning support, such as nursing and therapy, and a central business support team which includes HR, finance and IT.

Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.

OHC&AT is a rewarding and inspirational place to work, where everyone works together to create the best possible outcomes for students. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit

Please see the attached job description with person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Athena Davies, AssistantDirector of HR via email to arrange a phone call.

To apply for this role you will be redirected to our online TES portal. If you have any queries, please contact .

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.

Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.

Closing Date: Thursday 25 April 2024 at 10.00am.

Interviews will take place on: w/c 29 April 2024.

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.