Human Resources Adviser

Teaching Vacancies; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational trust in Sheffield seeks an experienced HR professional to provide high-quality HR services across multiple schools. This role requires expertise in HR advice, compliance with employment laws, and a commitment to safeguarding children's welfare. Ideal candidates will have generalist HR experience, communication skills, and be working towards a CIPD Level 5 qualification. We offer career progression, employee benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Career pathway

Employee Assistance Programme

Commitment to ongoing training

Pension Scheme

Employee benefits including health care

Qualifications

• Experience in a generalist HR role, ideally within the academy or maintained school sector.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements in education.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality HR service across the Trust.
• Advise on HR issues including pay, employment law, and good practice.
• Support management of discipline, grievance, and absence.
• Implement HR policies and procedures compliant with employment law.
• Train staff on HR issues and practices.
• Analyze HR data and report to stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Team player

Problem-solving

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Overview

The postholder will be required to travel to the schools within the Trust. Accountable to: Chief Operations Officer and Chief Executive Officer. This is a great opportunity to be part of the Trust’s future growth and development in a busy and exciting role that provides a valuable contribution that enables our schools to deliver the best possible outcomes for our children. Our vision at Cascade MAT is to transform the life chances of our children; ensure safe and secure learning environments; create inspirational places for our staff to work and to be an influential part of the local community. Across the Trust we inspire our children to aim high and succeed, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge for the future. We promote understanding, respect and tolerance for each other.

Responsibilities

• We are looking to appoint an engaging and experienced HR professional to join our friendly Central Team to provide a responsive high quality, professional, proactive and visible HR service across the Trust. You will be joining a supportive team of colleagues and be able to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the service.
• Provide advice and support to leaders and employees on a range of general HR issues including pay and conditions, local and national agreements, employment law and good practice.
• Provide comprehensive, professional HR advice and support in the management of discipline, grievance, absence, performance, pay, restructure, redundancy, flexible working, family policies, recruitment and TUPE.
• Researching, developing, updating and implementing Trust HR policies/ procedures and HR/Payroll systems to ensure compliance with employment law, national and local terms and conditions.
• Support the design and delivery of briefings and training in respect of HR issues for a wide range of audiences.
• Contribute to the analysis of HR data and production of reports to the Trust Board and other stakeholders across the Trust, identifying any risks and action required to address these.
• Work in partnership with Leadership, staff and all stakeholders to create and maintain a collaborative culture that shares best practice, supports continuous improvement & well-being, that has a positive effect on teaching & learning for our children.
• Support the development of leaders through coaching and training to develop their people management skills.

If you are a flexible, positive and proactive team-player with excellent communication, administrative and IT skills, and have the ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues, we would love to hear from you. It is important that you can work confidently with a range of stakeholders and be committed to providing a quality HR service to all our stakeholders.

Experience of working in a generalist HR role is essential, ideally within the academy or maintained school sector and an understanding of the regulatory requirements in education.

Ideally you should hold (or be working towards) a CIPD Level 5 or equivalent qualification.

Cascade MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. Our Safeguarding policy and Safer Recruitment policy can be found on Cascade’s website.

What the school offers its staff

For all your hard work, we provide:

• A career pathway
• Enhanced disclosure check paid for by the Trust
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Pension Scheme
• Employee benefits including Westfield Health
• Commitment to safeguarding

Cascade MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. Our Safeguarding policy and Safer Recruitment policy can be found on Cascade’s website. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education advice, the Trust will carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates. Shortlisted candidates are required to complete a self-declaration criminal history form prior to interview and any disclosures will be discussed with candidates at the interview stage. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS prior to employment commencing.