HR Advisor

The Park Federation Academy Trust, Slough, SL2 5BA

36 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: £33,417- £35,448

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Title: HR Advisor

Salary (actual): £33,417- £35,448, with a pending pay increase

Location: James Elliman Academy, Slough – with travel to other schools in Hillingdon, Slough & Bucks

Hours: 36 per week, however fewer hours may be considered

Work pattern: Monday to Friday, flexibility between 8am-5pm

Working weeks: all year round, however term time working may be considered

Our Trust

The Park Federation Academy Trust is a community-focused Multi-Academy Trust, comprising of ten primary academies across Hillingdon, Slough and Buckinghamshire, supporting 6,000 students and employing 850 staff.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of HR, the primary focus of the HR Advisor will be oversight of the Trust’s employee relations processes, from advising Principals, management, and panels on cases, to carrying out investigations and presenting findings at hearings.

The HR Advisor will also support the Head of HR in updating policies and procedures, and training key stakeholders across the Trust.

What we offer

The Trust offers a family friendly work environment that promotes growth and development whilst working alongside a highly versed HR and management team.

Our benefits include:

• A highly competitive pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of 22.7%;
• A highly competitive holiday entitlement, starting at 29 days plus bank holidays, that increases with service;
• Enhanced sick pay, with up 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay;
• Additional paid special leave during term time;
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay;
• Opportunities to attend various training programs and obtain qualifications;
• An employee assistance program.

What the school offers its staff

Your Experience

You will have recent experience of advising on employee relation processes (disciplinary, grievance, absence management, capability and flexible working). Experience within a unionised environment, particularly in the public sector, would be advantageous.

An understanding of recruitment, payroll and training practices would be helpful in this role, as well as exposure to working with irregular workers.

Your Qualifications

You will hold a minimum of the CIPD Level 5 diploma, and will ideally be working towards the Level 7 postgraduate diploma.

Your Qualities & Attributes

The ideal candidate needs to be highly organised, able to think on their feet and willing to support others in the team when required. Ability to travel between Academies and to training events within the London/Home Counties areas is a must.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@theparkfederation.org

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About The Park Federation Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Park Federation Academy Trust website
• Email address: recruitment@theparkfederation.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-park-federation-academy-trust

The Park Federation has a committed and united network of eight, large primary academies and a dedicated team of over 800 staff. This enables colleagues across the federation to work in partnership on a range of initiatives including pedagogy, curriculum, educational technology, policy implementation, teaching and learning, wellbeing and much more.

Collaborations across the federation are supportive, inclusive, driven and ambitious. Through these networks staff gain professional development and feel supported and guided in their roles. Best practice is shared widely so that pupils across our eight academies continue to receive a first class education and our schools remain the number one school of choice for families.

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