HR Advisor

**HR Advisor**

The Park Academies Trust is looking for an HR Advisor to join our central team, supporting all the schools within our Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career by joining a Trust which truly values its staff and provides a highly supportive environment.

**Details of role**:Full time, permanent role working 37 hours per week (52 weeks)

**Salary: £30,000 to £33,000 gross per annum**(dependent on experience)

**Closing date: 24th March 2025 (midday)**
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**Why choose us?**

The Park Academies Trust is a family of schools, both primary and secondary, that believes in ‘collaboration not competition’. Together we are stronger

Formed in 2016 with the vision to make a significant contribution to improving education, we are a growing Trust with a strong academic performance and are looking to enhance our team with dedicated and passionate teachers.

Currently eight schools: Abbey Park School, Lydiard Park Academy, Highworth Warneford School, The Deanery CE Academy, Red Oaks Primary School, Orchid Vale Primary School, Bridlewood Primary School and kingfisher CE Academey, the Trust offers a high-quality educational provision from nursery right up to Sixth Form, enabling staff and pupils alike to benefit from being part of a thriving multi-phase educational Trust.

The positive and caring ethos at all our schools is combined with a clear mission to deliver the richest possible education experience which enables young people to leave our care as responsible citizens equipped to fulfil their personal goals and career aspirations.

We are offering an exciting opportunity to develop your career by joining a Trust which truly values its staff and provides a highly supportive environment.

**What we offer**:

- A positive and dynamic environment in a Trust which is growing in both size and success
- A strong pupil ethos centred on mutual respect and fulfilling potential
- Competitive salary
- Staff benefits package, including interest free affordable technology, cycle to work scheme, shopping and holiday discounts
- Staff wellbeing: access to On Line Doctor, discounted gym membership, Employee Assistance Programme
- Attractive pension scheme

Please see the Job Description below for details of the role.
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**Job Title**: HR Advisor

**Role reports to (Job Title)**:Trust HR Business Partner

**Job Purpose**:
Under the direction of the Trust HR Business Partner, ensure the provision of pragmatic, commercially sound advice and day to day guidance on a range of issues, working with the administration team to ensure delivery of an effective, professional and consistent HR and payroll function across the academies in the Trust.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Provide day to day advice and guidance on a range of HR and Employee Relations matters.
- Ensure that the HR Business Partner is kept up to date with current activities, particularly where there may be areas of risk for the Trust.
- Familiarise themselves with all schools within the MAT in order to understand the key personnel, structures and role profiles within these.
- Assist the HR Business Partner in providing support, coaching and training to all managers regarding people management and their responsibilities to recognise and mitigate risks to the Trust in this area.
- Provide cover for the payroll function and school-based HR admin team as necessary.
- Under the direction of the HR Business Partner, play a key role in the consistent, effective and efficient delivery of all people management processes including, but not limited to:
**Recruitment and Lifecycle**
- Carry out recruitment activities for the Trust central team and schools, and support any new schools joining the Trust, including ensuring appropriate policies and safeguarding procedures are implemented and followed for all recruitment activities.
- Liaise with the HR admin team to ensure all new starters comply with safeguarding.
- Assist in keeping the induction process under review so that it remains relevant and appropriate and follows trust induction protocols.
- Have an overview of probation periods and assist managers where required with this.
- Work with the HR admin team to ensure timely and accurate contractual changes, including changes relating to National Living Wage, annual pay review and other statutory updates.
- Liaise with the admin team to ensure all leavers are processed correctly and relevant people informed.
- Ensure maintenance of individual staff records on the MAT Information Management System (currently Arbor).
- Ensure maintenance of staff manual and electronic records (where appropriate) to ensure these are always an up-to-date reflection of the workforce and comply with all data protection responsibilities.

**Absence**
- Ensure sickness absence policies are applied appropriately and consistently, including attending meetings if required.
- Ensure