HR Advisor

Teaching Vacancies; Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A multi-academy trust is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to support schools and Trust leaders with HR advice and services focused on recruitment, employee relations, and wellbeing. This part-time role is based in Walsall and involves some hybrid working. The successful candidate will play a vital role in developing professional relationships and improving HR processes within the Trust's centralized service. If you are looking for a challenge, this position offers opportunities for impact and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in providing HR advice and support in an educational setting.
• Ability to build professional relationships with senior leaders.
• Experience with continuous improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice and support to schools and Trust leaders.
• Manage recruitment processes and employee relations.
• Work on continuous improvement projects within the HR function.

Skills

HR advisory skills

Employee relations

Recruitment

Organizational change

Staff wellbeing

Job description

Role Details

Role: HR Advisor

Salary Grade: Grade 8, SCP 26-31 (Actual Salary £22,670 - £25,401)

Hours of Work: 22.5 Hours (part-time & permanent), all year round, 52 weeks per year (with some requirement to work occasional out of hours)

Location: Primary place of work- The Rock Centre, Walsall with hybrid working at other Trust offices, schools and home working to suit the needs of our schools and our Trust and ensure effective and efficient delivery of a centralised HR Service.

Closing Date: Monday 5th January 2026

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and driven HR Advisor who can provide professional HR Advice and Support to our schools and Trust leaders.

This is a generalist role where you will be required to provide a professional HR advisory service, including recruitment, employee relations, organisational change and staff wellbeing.

You will work closely with Senior Leaders across our schools and Trust, building positive, professional and credible relationships.

We are a HR team who strive to continuously improve, and as such there will be the opportunity to get involved in continuous improvement projects and develop new ways of working.

If you are looking for a new challenge and want to broaden your HR experience and expertise, this may be the role for you.

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to professional development, inclusion, and excellence in education. We offer a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a real impact.

Full details of the role and what you need to be successful can be found in the job description and person specification.

Safeguarding and Vetting

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

About the Mercian Trust

The Mercian Trust is a Multi Academy Trust of twelve schools and over 10,000 students in Walsall and Sandwell. Often referred to as the most diverse family of schools in the country, the Trust comprises of two selective grammar schools, five large comprehensive secondary schools, one primary school, one all-through special school, one technical and vocational Studio School, and two Alternative Provision schools.

Trust ethos & values

Our name is rooted in history and expresses a geographical identity and ambition. The ancient kingdom of Mercia encompassed much of what we now recognise as the West Midlands – and crucially for us it included what we now call the Black Country. It was in Mercia that St Chad established an association of small monasteries which fostered unity through bonds of kinship.

Now, a thousand years later, we look to demonstrate the same spirit in our approach. We are a family of schools committed to each other – diverse in nature, proud custodians of our history and success, but together, one charitable Trust with a common purpose.

Our Trust exists to equip our students to live life to the full.

Mission Statement

Our mission is increasing opportunities and improving outcomes to enable our students to:

• Realise their potential
• Thrive in the world of work
• Make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.

Mission Statement: https://www.themerciantrust.org/#our_mission

Values

• Excellence and Rigour
• Challenge and Support
• Safety and Wellbeing
• Acceptance and Applause

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.

Additional Information

What the school offers its staff

If you are looking for a new challenge and want to broaden your HR experience and expertise, this may be the role for you.

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to professional development, inclusion, and excellence in education. We offer a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a real impact.