Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust · Birmingham
Are you passionate about supporting people and creating a positive working environment? We are looking for a People Advisor to join our dedicated team and help shape a thriving, inclusive, and supportive culture for our staff and wider school community. GR3 (£27,254 - £33,699) per annum, 36.5 hrs per week, All Year Round Who we are Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust (“WHMAT”) is a caring and inclusive group of 7 academies (1 All Through, 2 secondary and 4 primaries), serving a diverse, multicultural community in East Birmingham. We have approximately 740 employees and 4,500 young people across a 3.5 mile-radius. Your role This will be a school-based role at one of our seven academies with occasional home working depending on business needs. You’ll be allocated specific schools so that you can build rapport with staff and stakeholders in those settings. This role will require the ability to travel between sites as needed. You’ll be a key member of our HR (People) team, responsible for supporting the People Manager with a range of work streams for various academies/directorates including: - recruitment and pre-employment checks, using our HR Information system (HRIS), professional growth, single central record/compliance, probation and lower-level employee relations case work. This post-holder plays a central role in our mission statement of “Find them, grow them, keep them” as unless we find and recruit quality staff for our young people, we would not be able to function as a Trust! Our ideal candidate Previous HR experience is preferred, but not essential, as we’ll train you in the full range of tasks. This post could suit an experienced HR Assistant or HR Advisor, or someone with excellent administrative skills who is taking their first step into HR. You’ll have excellent administrative skills, ensuring attention to detail and accuracy in your written and oral communication. You’ll be IT literate, with a good working knowledge of Word, Excel and management information systems/applicant tracking systems. You’ll have a willingness to learn with a ‘can do’ attitude and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. You’ll be able to prioritise and manage your workload autonomously. Have an interest in Wellbeing, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (WEDI). Be willing to travel to all sites within the Trust. You’ll gain great experience by: Being involved in the end-to-end stages of the recruitment process, from advert through to onboarding. You’ll be part of the key administrative processes that keep our young people safe, such as DBS checks and providing updates for Single Central Record (SCR). Liaising with our external payroll provider to make sure pay is correct for our new and existing staff, and you’ll welcome all new staff prior to them joining us to check their right to work documents. Managing queries from staff in our both on site and through our central inbox on a wide range of queries about pay a