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Remote, South East UK, with occasional travel to school sites and Juniper Chelmsford Office | 37.5 hours | Salary £42,500

The Role | HR Consultant

Welcome to Juniper Education, where our mission is to champion educators, empowering them to shape future generations. We’re more than just a support system; we’re the driving force that propels schools and Academy Trusts to new heights. With our proven school education management systems and services, we address a spectrum of needs, ensuring excellence in education. In the education and tech industry, your work directly influences the lives of students and educators. Whether you’re developing cutting‑edge educational technology, supporting school leadership teams directly or designing solutions to enhance the learning experience, you could make a lasting and positive impact on the future.

Our mission statement says it all: We look after you, so that you can look after our children.

Dedicated to our core values, we are committed to:

• Empowerment: Equipping everyone with the tools, intelligence, connections, and freedom to make informed decisions, recognised and respected by all.
• Purpose: Supporting everyone to reach their highest potential, thereby enabling all children to achieve theirs.
• Passion: Because we love what you do, you’re at the heart of everything we do.
• Innovation: Delivering meaningful solutions with expertise and creative thinking to influence the ever‑changing world of education.
• Collaboration: The cornerstone of our success as it enables us to collectively harness diverse perspectives and strengths, ensuring that together, we achieve more than we could ever do alone. Every voice counts!

Are you a confident HR professional with a passion for education and a knack for solving complex people challenges? Join Juniper Education as a HR Consultant and make a meaningful impact across schools and academies in the South East.

We’re looking for a driven, CIPD qualified professional who thrives in a fast paced, client focused environment, and is ready to be a trusted partner to education leaders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver proactive and robust HR advice to schools, academies, and trusts
• Lead on complex employee relations cases, including safeguarding, TUPE, restructuring, and reorganisations
• Act as a strategic partner to senior leaders in schools and local authorities, advising on risk, compliance, and workforce planning
• Coach, mentor and upskill school and trust leaders to build long term HR capability
• Collaborate on high level negotiations with trade unions
• Design and deliver training to clients and internal teams – both live and eLearning
• Represent Juniper in tribunals and legal matters, working closely with Legal Services
• Drive service improvements, identify new business opportunities, and contribute to service development

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience
• Significant experience advising on complex HR casework and projects
• Excellent communication, coaching, and influencing skills
• Strong time management and the ability to work independently under pressure
• Experience supporting senior leaders in schools, academies, or local authorities
• Mediation training or experience (desirable)

Interview Process

Interview with Presentation

We are committed to a fair and comfortable recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application or interview process, please reach out to a member of the team at recruitment@junipereducation.org

Benefits

• Day 1 right to company sick pay
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Entitlement to carry over leave to next entitlement year
• Day 1 access to 24/7 GP & prescription services
• Day 1 access to rewards platform
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity & adoption pay
• Day 1 access to employee assistance platform
• Funded development/Qualification opportunities
• Voluntary health care cash plan
• Voluntary private medical insurance

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Seniority level: Associate

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Human Resources

Industries: Education Management