HR Advisor - Senior

St Chad's Academies Trust, Walsall, WS2 8NF

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 December 2026 at 5pm

• Date listed

  10 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £39,716.76 - £43,714.45 Annually (FTE) Salary Grade

HR Advisor - Senior job summary

HR Advisor (Senior)St Chad’s Academies Trust | Central Team

Are you an experienced HR professional who wants to make a real difference?

Do you enjoy being the person people turn to for trusted, practical and thoughtful HR advice? Are you ready to take your experience into a role where you can influence culture, support leaders and help shape the employee experience across a growing education organisation? Do you want to enable the organisation to flourish and to make our academies irresistible for both the community and our colleauges.

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

At St Chad’s Academies Trust, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for an ambitious and proactive HR Advisor (Senior) to join our Central Team and play a key role in delivering an excellent HR service across our academies.

This is much more than an advisory role. You’ll have the opportunity to build strong relationships with colleagues at all levels, support leaders through a wide range of people matters, and contribute to the development of HR practice across the Trust.

What will you be doing?

Working as part of our central HR team, you’ll provide high-quality, pragmatic and people-focused advice to leaders and colleagues across the Trust.

You’ll be involved in a varied range of work, including:

• Providing expert advice and guidance on employee relations, including absence, performance, conduct, capability and grievances.

• Supporting managers to confidently navigate complex and sensitive people matters.

• Building trusted relationships with academy leaders and colleagues across the Trust.

• Advising on HR policies, procedures and employment legislation, ensuring our approach is fair, consistent and effective.

• Supporting organisational change and people-related projects.

• Contributing to the continuous improvement of our HR processes, systems and employee experience.

• Using your HR knowledge and insight to identify opportunities to improve how we support our people.

• Coaching and developing managers, helping them to become confident and effective people leaders.

• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the Central Team to deliver a joined-up service to our academies.

No two days will be the same — and that’s part of what makes this such an exciting opportunity.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who combines strong HR knowledge with excellent judgement, empathy and a genuine passion for helping people and organisations thrive.

You’ll be an experienced HR professional who can:

• Provide confident, credible and commercially-minded HR advice.

• Manage complex and sensitive employee relations matters with professionalism and sound judgement.

• Build positive relationships quickly and work effectively with people at all levels.

• Translate employment legislation and HR policy into clear, practical advice.

• Challenge constructively when needed, while always taking a supportive and solution-focused approach.

• Work independently, prioritise effectively and manage competing demands.

• Communicate clearly and confidently, both verbally and in writing.

• Understand that great HR is about both people andorganisational effectiveness.

Experience of working within an education or multi-site organisation would be an advantage, but it’s your HR expertise, approach and commitment to making a difference that matter most to us.

Why join St Chad’s Academies Trust?

You’ll be joining a Trust with a clear sense of purpose and a strong commitment to its people.

As part of our Central Team, you’ll have the opportunity to:

Make an impact - your advice and expertise will directly support our academies, leaders and colleagues.

Shape our HR approach - this is an opportunity to contribute ideas, improve processes and help develop how HR is delivered across the Trust.

Work with great people - you’ll be part of a collaborative central team that values professional expertise, teamwork and a positive approach.

Develop your career - we’ll support you to continue developing your HR knowledge, skills and professional confidence.

Be part of something bigger - the work we do supports our academies to create the best possible environments for children and young people to learn, grow and succeed.

Ready to make a difference?

If you’re an experienced HR professional looking for your next challenge — one where your advice, ideas and expertise can genuinely make a difference — we’d love to hear from you.

Join St Chad’s Academies Trust and help us create an exceptional experience for our people, so they can do their very best work for our children and communities.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Chad's Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-chad-s-academies-trust

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