We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our team at CH. You will provide a high-quality, professional and results focussed HR service to Bluecoat Sports and employee relations support to Christ’s Hospital with the support of the HR Development Manager.

Description

The role at BCS will include being a first point of HR contact for BCS employees (c.160 employees) and supporting the BCS management team with HR-related matters including recruitment.

The role at Christ’s Hospital requires expertise in ensuring best practice in employee relations matters, championing fair and consistent practices across the School. The role will involve independently managing ER cases through to dismissal and proven experience in this area is essential. The successful candidate will be confident delivering effective, and appropriate HR interventions on early and formal stages of ER issues including disciplinary, grievance, bullying & harassment, and capability, reducing the need for formal procedures. Where required, the HR Advisor will also provide support on change management programmes.

You will have proven experience in an HR advisory or generalist HR role with strong employee relations skills as well as good working knowledge of current employment law and its application in the workplace. Experience in education or a leisure centre is desirable, but not essential. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to build stakeholder relationships at all levels.

This is a permanent, full time (35 hours per week), year-round position. Benefits include 31 days’ holiday (includes all public holidays), a stakeholder pension scheme for eligible staff, free on-site parking, use of the Employee Assistance Programme and Aviva Digicare+ Scheme (including 24-hour online GP appointments), free lunch during term-time and discounted membership of the on-site Sports Centre.

Christs Hospital is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All new staff appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including completion of the School’s job application form, receipt of satisfactory references including one from the current employer, a clear enhanced disclosure and barring service [DBS] check, receipt of overseas criminal records check, where the applicant has resided outside of the UK for three months or more in the past 5 years, online searches to check suitability to work in an environment with children, verification of qualifications, and medical check with our occupational health advisors which confirms fitness to teach and carry out the duties of the role.

For further information and to download an application form, please visit our vacancy page on the school website at:

https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/vacancies/hr-advisor/

Applications should be received by 9:00am on 8th April 2026, although applications will be reviewed as they are received, so early application is advisable, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

We welcome applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. We consider the most important factor to be the right skills, abilities and attitude for the job which will ultimately improve the well-being and education of the pupils.