HR Advisor - Cambridgeshire

We are seeking an HR Advisor to provide an excellent advisory service to our Cambridge Academies.  If you really enjoy HR Advisory work and want to make a real difference delivering impact to our academies enriching the lives of children, we would love to hear from you!

This is a full-time role, 52 weeks a year and we welcome a flexible approach to bring the best out of our people.  You will be required to spend your time in the academies providing an exemplary service supporting the Principals and Operational teams, becoming embedded as an extended member of their team. 

The attendance with academies will be determined by need with the initial period likely to be based in St Neots.  The site locations are St Neots, St Ives, Cottenham and Cambridge.

During school holiday periods, this post will be based from home however we welcome attendance periodically in Sheffield, to facilitate team building and relationships with the wider team. 

Our commitment to school improvement is a challenging journey.  We value all our teams experience and knowledge and how we can continually improve and deliver operational excellence to our acacdemies.

This role reports to the HR Business Partner, working alongside a wider team of HR advisors based in South Yorkshire, but for whom we operate as a collaborative team sharing best practice and knowledge on day-to-day business activities.  The HR Business Partner will work within Cambridge when required to support you, provide guidance and for your personal development.

We aim to deliver excellence for our schools, supporting Principals and Operations Managers in creating thriving environments for our people to grow and develop. 

What we are looking for:

   - An experienced HR Advisor providing expert advice to our academies and to our people in a timely manner, able to manage your time and case work effectively

·  - Demonstrable experience of managing casework and employment law knowledge. You will be required to undertake complex case work as required, both coaching and mentoring others through this process as part of our commitment to learning and development

·  - A trusted advisor: supporting the Principals on all things staffing and HR, guiding them through employee relations and employment law

·   - Commercial awareness and risk mitigation

·  - Support and contribution to the people team and strategic initiatives in creating happy, thriving teams, addressing challenges and capitalising on opportunities

·  - Experience of working with Trade Unions, developing collaborative and constructive industrial relations at school level is desirable but not essential

·   - Experience of the education sector is desirable but not essential.

Even if you don’t meet all of the criteria set out in our candidate pack but feel you would be a great fit for this role, please consider applying.  We would love to hear from you. 

Please take a look at the attached candidate pack to find out more; if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us - we will be more than happy to talk through the role.  

We offer generous annual leave entitlement, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, a supportive, dedicated team and are committed to your professional development.

Here at Astrea Academy Trust we know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities that we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive and building our culture of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in Astrea’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and men.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact a number of entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.

Provisional interview dates to be confirmed.  If flexibility is required by candidates, we may utilise teams to support your attendance.