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HR Adviser - Huntingdon

Functional Area

Human Resources

Location

Hybrid

Closing Date

30 September 2026

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Job Description

We're recruiting for an HR Adviser to join our award-winning team in Huntingdon on a hybrid basis. 

As an HR Adviser, you'll become a trusted partner to schools and academy trusts, providing expert HR advice that enables leaders to confidently manage their people. Working alongside a team of experienced HR professionals, you'll build strong customer relationships and provide practical, commercially focused advice across a wide range of HR matters.

 

What You'll Be Doing

  • Provide expert HR advice to school leaders on employee relations matters, including absence, disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance, contractual changes and organisational change.
  • Manage complex employee relations cases, including drafting documentation and attending meetings where required.
  • Build trusted relationships with customers, delivering an exceptional customer experience.
  • Work closely with colleagues across HR, Payroll and Pensions to provide a seamless service.
  • Keep up to date with employment legislation and HR best practice.
  • Support continuous improvement projects and contribute to developing our HR service.

 

About You
You'll have

  • CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience).

  • Strong generalist HR experience.

  • Experience managing employee relations cases.

  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

  • A proactive, customer-focused approach.

  • Education sector experience is desirable but not essential.

 

If you're passionate about HR and want to make a genuine difference to schools while developing your career with an award-winning organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Additional Information

At EPM, we invest in our people and offer an excellent range of benefits, including:
  • Recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work
  • Excellent learning, development and career progression opportunities
  • Competitive salary and pension scheme
  • 26 days' annual leave (increasing to 33 days with service), plus 8 bank holidays
  • Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
  • Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
  • Bupa Cash Plan
  • Life Assurance
  • Paid time off for Governor duties
  • Wellbeing initiatives and colleague events
It’s a great place to work because of the people we employ. Fun and professional, we want like-minded individuals who love to love their job and want the company to succeed.

About Us

We are an award-winning and accredited education services business with 30 years of expertise.

We are a technology-enabled business, but people are at the heart of what we do. We believe in developing long-lasting relationships with our customers and employees.

We are 100% dedicated to education and our expert team of 200 highly qualified employees support more than 2,500 schools nationwide.