Payroll/HR Advisor

The Blue Kite Academy Trust, Swindon, SN2 1NX

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  24 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  11 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,670.00 - £38,730.00 Annually (FTE)

Payroll/HR Advisor job summary

The Blue Kite Academy Trust has seen a period of significant growth and is currently responsible for 25 primary schools. As a central team we are committed to providing high quality support services to support the schools in the Trust.

The Trust is currently working through a procurement exercise for a fully integrated Payroll/HR system. This has led to a fixed term position of Payroll/HR Advisor becoming available, within our busy HR team. The post is initially until 31 August 2026. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join us to support on a wide range of activities including:

• Managing the payroll input and checking of monthly payrolls in conjunction with schools and our external payroll provider
• Dealing and responding to a range of payroll and HR queries from both school business managers, internal Trust colleagues and employees
• Producing and issuing accurate documents such as contracts of employment, contractual changes, annual salary statements and any other documents in a timely manner.

We are ideally looking for someone who has excellent working knowledge of payroll and HR administration as this will be a key focus of the role. You will:

• Have a good level of understanding of payroll processes and pension regulations
• Have generalist HR experience, ideally in an education setting
• Be a strong team player with a focus on working together to achieve results
• Be able to demonstrate effective communication skills, in order to deal tactfully and sensitive with people at all levels
• Be comfortable with working in a rapidly changing organisation, with a flexible approach to new challenges.

We anticipate this to be a 37 hour per week, all year role. However, we are able to consider flexible working options and alternative patterns of work for this role and would be happy to explore that further with candidates. We are committed to offering flexible working options that meet the needs of the trust and offer our employees a good work/life balance.

If you believe you have the vision and commitment to join our team, then we would love to hear from you.

The Blue Kite Trust School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 The Blue Kite Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-blue-kite-academy-trust

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