Overview

3 days per week, 52 weeks per year. The People Partner will act as a trusted advisor, providing professional expertise and support across the entire employee lifecycle, including recruitment, reward, employee relations, wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion, safeguarding, compliance, organisational change, and learning and development. Working proactively and collaboratively, the postholder will design and deliver innovative, people-focused solutions that align with the strategic aims of St Neots, helping to shape a best-in-class People function. This role will play a key part in embedding consistent, robust, and effective HR practices across all aspects of the employee journey, ensuring St Neots Prep and Lord Wandsworth College remain an exceptional place to work and thrive.

Role responsibilities

Acts as a strategic and hands-on People Partner, driving business performance through compliant people practices and implement people plans that align with the group’s strategyEstablish robust People and Compliance processes as required, working closely with relevant stakeholdersSupport delivery of an excellent, fit-for-purpose People team and help develop the team to build upon essential capabilitiesProvide relevant people management information and insightful analysis highlighting activity and issues and help to develop appropriate interventionsWork with leadership teams to identify talent and to implement appraisals, succession plans and talent management/development initiativesDevelop close working relationships internally and externally to enable a culture of collaboration, and, in doing so, ensure that the department works in a similar fashion towards an inclusive culture and learning environment

Benefits

In return, we offer a broad range of staff benefits, including a contributory pension scheme, fee remission for children, free lunch, use of wide-ranging school facilities - swimming pool, tennis, walks, trails, etc. - and excellent social and sporting events.

Further information about this role can be found in the role profile. If you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence, please contact the Director of People, Dawn Wilde: wilded@lordwandsworth.org

To apply, please visit the vacancies page of our website via the Apply button. Closing date: 29th September 2025. Interviews: W/C 6th October 2025. The College reserves the right to close the role early.

We welcome people of all faiths and those who are committed to these values. We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. We are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break; people who are LGBT+; people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds; people with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition; people with caring responsibilities; people from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty, as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce.

We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm. Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. We are an equal opportunities employer. Lord Wandsworth College is a registered charity (Number: 1143359) providing outstanding, caring education for boys and girls since 1912.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

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