We have an exciting opportunity to join the central team here at Astrea to join our Multi Academy Trust. 

We are seeking an HR Advisor to provide an excellent advisory service to our South Yorkshire Academies.  If you really enjoy HR Advisory work and want to make a real difference delivering impact to our academies enriching the lives of children, we would love to hear from you!

This is a part time role, 3 days a week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), 52 weeks a year. You will be required to spend your time in the academies providing an exemplary service supporting the Principals and Operational teams, as well as working in our Sheffield Head Office, the Quadrant.

We offer generous benefits and salary and hybrid working days are available.

Our commitment to school improvement is a challenging journey.  We value all our teams experience and knowledge and how we can continually improve and deliver operational excellence to our acacdemies.

This role reports to the HR Manager Advisory and Partnering, working alongside a wider team of HR advisors based in South Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire.

We aim to deliver excellence for our schools, supporting Principals and Operations Managers in creating thriving environments for our people to grow and develop. 

What we are looking for – our candidate application pack and full job description is included.

·       An experienced HR Advisor providing expert advice to our academies and to our people in a timely manner, able to manage your time and case work effectively

·       You will need to be able to evidence demonstrable experience of managing casework and employment law knowledge.  You will be required to undertake complex case work as required, both coaching and mentoring others through this process as part of our commitment to learning and development

·       Being a trusted advisor: supporting the Principals on all things staffing and HR, guiding them through employee relations and employment law

·       Demonstrate commercial awareness and risk mitigation

·       You will need to support and contribute to the people team and strategic initiatives in creating happy, thriving teams, addressing challenges and capitalising on opportunities

·       Experience of working with Trade Unions, developing collaborative and constructive industrial relations at school level is desirable but not essential

·       Experience of the Multi Academy Trust sector is desirable but not essential

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria set out in our candidate pack but feel you would be a great candidate for this role, please consider applying.  We would love to hear from you.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us and ask.  We will be more than happy to talk through the role. 

Provisional interview dates to be confirmed.  If flexibility is required by candidates, we may utilise teams to support your attendance.