Job Description

Academy:

Trust Central

Category:

Central Services HR/Payroll

Start Date:

August 2025

Closing Date:

Fri, Jul 11, 2025

Job Weeks:

All Year Round

Hours:

37 Hours Per Week

Type:

Permanent, Full Time

Job Reference:

JUN20253172

Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale I: 36,124 to 37,938 per annum

Full Time: 37 hours per week

(Full or Part Time hours would be considered. Please state in the relevant part of the application form)

Are you an experienced HR professional looking to make a difference in education? Inspiration Trust is seeking a dynamic HR Advisor to join our Central Services team, providing vital HR support across our family of academies.

As an HR Advisor, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality HR services and supporting managers across multiple academies throughout Norfolk and north Suffolk. The role involves regular travel to academies, in-person working at our central offices in Norwich, and some flexibility for home working. From employee relations and policy implementation to data analysis and safeguarding compliance, you'll ensure best practice and people-focused solutions are at the heart of everything we do.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys variety, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is confident working independently and collaboratively within a supportive HR team.

What You'll Do

Working closely with Academies provide proactive, practical HR advice to school leaders and line managers assisting them to understand and implement policies and procedures;
Support casework on disciplinary, grievance, and capability issues;
Lead on the implementation of HR policies and training sessions;
Manage data, dashboards, and payroll changes accurately and in line with GDPR;
Liaising with a wide range of people involved in policy areas such as staff performance, safeguarding and health and safety;
Promote equality, wellbeing, and best practice across all HR functions;
Contribute to strategic workforce planning and change management projects;
Help maintain safeguarding compliance, including DBS and Single Central Record accuracy.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards with relevant experience)
At least 3 years' experience in a generalist HR role, preferably in a school environment
Strong understanding of employment law and HR best practice
Confident with employee relations, training delivery, and HR systems
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills

Desirable:

Experience in the education sector
Familiarity with iTrent HR system
Knowledge of teacher's pay and conditions


At Inspiration Trust, we're united by a belief in education's power to transform lives. You'll be joining a forward-thinking Trust that values professional development, innovation, and collaboration. We'll support your growth and empower you to make a real impact in schools across Norfolk and north Suffolk.

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

Hayley Burr, People Manager

on hayleyburr@inspirationtrust.org
To apply for this role please click the Apply button on this page to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 12pm on Friday 11th July 2025

Interview date: Friday 18th July 2025

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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