Job Description

Join us as a People Advisor: Empower Futures!

Employment type

: Permanent Full time

Work Location:

Hybrid with travel nationally

Salary:

35,000 per annum



Are you passionate about creating a workplace where people thrive? At Progress Schools, we're looking for a proactive and people-focused advisor to help shape an inclusive, positive, and high-performing culture across our schools. As a key partner to our leadership team, you'll lead on the delivery of our people strategy--from onboarding and development to employee engagement and offboarding. This is your opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of staff who are transforming education for young people. If you're ready to influence change, drive progress, and champion our values, we'd love to hear from you.

Well at Progress Schools, that's just the approach we take.

Our top-notch benefits go beyond the basics--enjoy access to discounted gym memberships, a free wellbeing app that is jam packed with fitness, yoga and mindfulness resources and dedicated counselling support. And because we know your passion is with pupils and not paperwork, we do everything we can to reduce the amount of surplus admin too.


Your work-life balance matters. That's why we offer generous holidays, additional leave for foster carers and flexibility wherever possible.


And why do we do this? Because when you thrive, so do our students. So we want to invest in your personal and professional growth as much as we do the young people who attend our schools.


But that's not all, we also offer...

Professional Development:

Support for professional qualifications, in-house training, including paid qualifications. Last year we invested approx. 3.5k per colleague!

Financial Security:

Death in Service Insurance providing four times your salary.

Family-Friendly Policies:

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave.

Health and Wellbeing Cashback:

Access to Medicash for you and your dependants, covering the costs of eye tests, optical, dental, prescriptions, and holistic treatments up to 900 annually.

Recognition Awards:

Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Recognition Awards.

Referral Bonus:

500 for referring top talent.

Exclusive Discounts:

MiRewards benefits platform, offering loads of discounts and rewards

Weekly drop ins with Senior Leaders:

Connect, clarify and communicate with weekly drop-ins with our Managing Director and organisation SLT

Group Connection:

Annual Group conference and a comprehensive benefits review.

Who are we looking for from you?

Essential skills

+ Proven track record of dealing with employee relations cases + Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office and willingness and an ability to learn new IT/web programmes where in-house training is provided
+ Experience of partnering with staff remotely and in-person across different locations
+ Excellent organisational skills with the ability to take responsibility for own workload and handle multiple priorities
+ Ability to establish professional credibility quickly with colleagues and to interact effectively with staff at all levels and across all departments
+ Experience of supporting implementation of change programmes across the employee lifecycle
+ Experience of coaching, influencing and building strong working relationships with managers
+ Proven track record of operating in a complex working environment

Minimum Qualification:

CIPD desirable level 5 onwards

Preferred Skills

+ Experience working in an education setting is desirable. + Knowledge of L&D programmes

About Progress Schools:

Progress Schools

is part of

The Progress Group,

the Group is made up of six business units, each of which aspires to innovate, influence, and inspire others through high-quality and purposeful education and training. Progress Schools is a national group of 13 independent OFSTED-regulated schools.


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How to Apply:

Ready to be a part of our journey? Submit your application with a brief note about your training philosophy by clicking APPLY. If you have any further queries, then please get in touch with our friendly recruitment team by emailing recruitment@theprogress-group.co.uk


Let's redefine education together!

#JoinOurTeam #EducationRevolution #AlternativeEducation #PeopleAdvisorWanted

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:

The Progress Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information, or parental status. All employment decisions are based on merit, job requirements, and business needs.

Safeguarding Statement:

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting all children and young people by implementing robust safer recruitment practices. For details of our commitment to safer recruitment please visit our website for further information.

Note:

We are unable to provide Visa sponsorship for this role.