Job Description

Academy:

Trust Central

Category:

Central Services HR/Payroll

Start Date:

September 2025

Closing Date:

Wed, Aug 13, 2025

Job Weeks:

All Year Round

Hours:

37 hours per week

Type:

Fixed Term, Full Time

Job Reference:

JUL20256091

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale F: 27,711- 30,060 per annum

Start Date: September 2025

Fixed Term: until 30th September 2026

Working Weeks: 52 weeks

We are looking for an exceptional Assistant HR Advisor (Maternity Cover) to join our Central Services Team to provide day to day HR support across Inspiration Trust Academies as part of a successful team in a growing Trust.

Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and , for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the "Planning your application" section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.

The main responsibility of the role will be:

Working closely with the People Manager and HR Advisors in a generalist support role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures.


Providing an excellent administration service with full legal and best practice compliance.


Supporting HR casework.


Promoting equality and diversity as part of the culture of the Trust.

The ideal candidate will have:

CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) qualified to level 3.


Good numeracy and literacy skills.


Administrative experience in a school setting.


Experience of working in a busy HR environment.


Experience of supporting managers across a variety of departments at different levels in relation to HR.


Experience of change management.


A passion for education and changing lives for the better.



Inspiration Trust has twice been ranked as the country's top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress and strongly believes in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. The Trust provides strong networks with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. The Trust is committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities to all our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country's best educational thinkers and practitioners.


Inspiration Trust feels it is important to support every school by centralising certain support services. In turn this reduces workload on senior leaders, helping to establish further value for money on a variety of integrated services. This also ensures the Trust's Academies have a local support structure and share best practice. As a Trust we will continue to review the services we offer and are committed to making them responsive to individual Academy's needs.


The Trust's dedicated Central Services Team is based at the Hewett Academy in Norwich. This team provides a strong range of school support services including:


Finance


Governance


Human Resources and Payroll


Operations, including Estate management, Health and Safety, ICT and Marketing



For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here.


When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.


We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

The Trust also offers:

Generous holiday entitlement


Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions


Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).


Cycle-to-work scheme


Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers


Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal


Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).


Free Parking (on most sites)

Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact our Recruitment Team on recruitment@inspirationtrust.org


To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 12pm on Wednesday 13th August 2025

Interview date: Wednesday 20th August 2025

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.

When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.