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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    24 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    11 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,219.00 - £35,451.00 Annually (FTE) Points 17-21 of the Sixth Form Colleges’ Support Staff pay spine which is currently £31,219 - £35,451 per annum (pay award pending).

Trust HR Advisor job summary

HR Advisor

Full Time, Full Year, Permanent. 36 hours and 40 minutes per week. To commence as soon as possible.


Salary: Points 17-21 of the Sixth Form Colleges’ Support Staff pay spine which is currently £31,219 - £35,451 per annum (pay award pending).

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our busy HR Central Services team. The post holder will provide a proactive and responsive HR service and act as a point of expertise for specialist HR queries, providing advice to leaders and employees on a broad range of HR policies and processes. Your responsibilities will include being the main lead on staff recruitment, as well as supporting absence management and employee relations across the academies within our Trust.

You will be enthusiastic and motivated, having substantial experience in providing outstanding HR services and working in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will ideally be CIPD Level 5 qualified or have equivalent HR experience, and a good understanding of basic employment legislation. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to relate well to people on all levels with sensitivity, tact and diplomacy are essential.

You will need to be flexible, organised and hardworking, with good IT Skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure. You should be passionate about supporting our trust’s vision of a diverse, inclusive and high performing workforce where staff feel valued and proud to be a member of our trust.

You would be joining a forward-thinking Trust with high standards and a strong commitment to meeting the needs of the community it serves.

The Pinnacle Learning Trust

The Pinnacle Learning Trust was established in 2017 as a result of the long-standing, strong and effective relationship between The Hathershaw College and Oldham Sixth Form College. Werneth Primary School joined our Trust in February 2019 and Broadfield Primary School in April 2023 and most recently, Alexandra Park junior School in April 2024. Our work is built upon our shared belief that young people in Oldham and the local area should have access to excellent educational provision. We celebrate students’ uniqueness and support our young people to flourish and become responsible, successful citizens who contribute positively to their communities. Our collective aim, articulated through our mission statement, is to improve the lives and life chances of young people through the development of outstanding practice based upon partnership.

The Trust’s central services teams include: HR and Payroll, IT Services and MIS, Finance and Estates. Their aim is to enhance the experience of students and staff across the Trust by providing effective and efficient central services which support them to achieve their goals.

Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, including an extensive in-house professional development offer for both teachers and support staff, in areas such as: Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Mental Health First Aid and role specific training. In addition, our staff have the opportunity to contribute to the professional development of others through designation as Evidence Leads in Education for the Research School; delivery of school-to-school support; support for trainee teachers and involvement with our work as a strategic partner with the East Manchester Teaching School Hub and our Science Learning Partnership Hub.

Advert Closing Date: Monday 24 February 2025, 9.00am

Provisional Interview Date: Thursday 27 February 2025


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Additional Reasons to Join Us:

Automatic enrolment into a Pension Scheme

Cycle to work schemes available

Various health and wellbeing benefits (including on site gym membership at Oldham Sixth Form College and The Hathershaw College)

Free on-site parking

Excellent opportunities for CPD and career development

Commitment to Safeguarding

The Pinnacle Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.

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.

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About The Pinnacle Learning Trust

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