HR Advisor within the central HR team

New Bridge School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL8 3PH

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  11 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours 40 minutes per week / Full Year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,035 - £39,13 per annum
• Pay scale: NJC Points 27-30

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic HR Advisor to join our central team. You will play a key role in supporting our schools with day-to-day HR advice, case management, and policy implementation – all whilst helping to build a culture of fairness, wellbeing, and continuous improvement.

We invite applications from individuals with substantial experience of providing a professional advisory service, which includes experience of leading and managing formal complex casework, ideally already in the eduction or public sector. The successful candidate will:

• Provide professional HR advice and support to school leaders and managers on a wide range of employee relations matters, including absence management, disciplinary, grievance, performance, and wellbeing.
• Have sound working knowledge of employment law, NJC Staff terms and conditions and Teachers’ terms and conditions
• Contribute to policy development and support implementation across the Trust.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records and support HR data reporting and analysis.
• Promote best practice and consistency across our schools, while recognising the unique needs of a special education environment.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• A supportive and values-led culture
• Opportunity to make a real impact across a growing trust
• Flexible working arrangements, including options for hybrid working
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• High quality continuing professional development (CPD) through our dedicated Everyone Learning Team
• Access to Healthcare scheme
• Trust TOIL Scheme for all staff
• The opportunity to be part of our thriving team, who are committed to creating meaningful futures for both our students and staff

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

NEWBRIDGE Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.docx - 886 KB (opens in new tab)

Privacy-Notice-MAT .pdf - 205 KB (opens in new tab)

2. HR Advisor - JD&PS.docx - 189 KB (opens in new tab)

NEWBRIDGE Verification of right to work in UK MAT 2021.pdf - 262 KB (opens in new tab)

About New Bridge School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 717 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: New Bridge School website
• Email address: Kayleigh.davies@newbridgegroup.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/new-bridge-school-oldham

New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT) presently comprises New Bridge School, New Bridge Learning Centre, Spring Brook Academy, Hollinwood Academy (all situated in Oldham) Hawthorns School and Thomas Ashton School (situated in Hyde), Samuel Laycock School (situated in Ashton-Under-Lyne) Our new Oldham AP free school, Spring Board Project, opened in September 2019.

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