People and Talent Advisor

Grade 9: Actual annual salary - £34,434 to £37,280 per annum 

37 hours per week, full year 

Permanent

To commence as soon as possible

Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School; Batley Grammar School; Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Hyrstmount Junior School; Manorfield Infant and Nursery School; Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. We provide high quality education for all our young people regardless of their background or starting point. Collaboration across our Trust family of schools enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters. 

This is a new and truly exciting opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic HR Professional with an interest in the Education sector, to support the Director of People and Talent in providing a service to schools within the Batley Multi Academy Trust.

We are looking to recruit a hands-on People and Talent Advisor, someone who already has experience gained within a professional HR function. This is an extremely broad based, generalist HR role within a fast-paced environment that calls for high levels of responsibility and confidentiality.

Working alongside the Director of People and Talent you will be responsible for delivering a best practice HR service to support all areas of the business. This is a busy and demanding function where there are constant requests and enquiries. You must enjoy working in this kind of environment and confidently be able to multi-task and prioritise your work load, sometimes having to push back where necessary.

You will support the business by providing HR support and guidance across a number of key operational areas including absence management, appraisal/performance management and taking first line responsibility for a range of employee relations issues.

Providing a fast and efficient response is important, you must be able to support this by providing the very best levels of service to all colleagues and stakeholders. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively at all levels.

We are looking for someone who is ideally CIPD qualified and has at least 4 years’ experience within a professional HR function. A flexible can-do attitude is essential.

A job specification can be downloaded. Please contact the People and Talent team on 01924 942076/ recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions or to arrange a visit.

Closing date for applications is Friday 21 November 2025 at midday

Interviews will be held on soon after

Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.