HR Advisor

orthern Lights Learning Trust are seeking to appoint a HR Advisor to join our friendly,
supportive and forward-thinking Academy Trust. The role will be based at the Trust Central
Offices in Seaham. We are looking for an HR professional with excellent people
management and interpersonal skills who is able to interact with staff at all levels.
You will have a flexible ‘hands on’ approach to the role and be able to apply yourself to a full
range of People matters within the People team. Part of the service includes employee
related meetings with Senior Leaders, promoting staff benefits and supporting employees on
matters such as pay and retirement queries.
As an HR Advisor you will work alongside our Director of People, overseeing the HR service
delivery to a group of schools, providing day to day support and advice to Headteachers and
senior leaders on HR policy, legislation, recruitment, compliance and employee relations –
supported by an external HR legal professional service. You will also coordinate completion
of the payroll function through a third-party provider.
The ideal candidate will hold a CIPD level 3 or relevant experience. To ensure the Trust has
capacity to continue to deliver a high quality and effective HR service to our schools as we
grow, we are committed to training the right candidate and therefore you should be willing to
work towards a level 3 if you do not already hold this qualification.
The successful candidate will:
• Be a professional with generalist HR experience
• Have previous experience of managing recruitment
• Have a robust working knowledge of HR processes
• Be great with systems and data and have a great level of attention to detail
• Able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Have a passion for supporting the implementation of new systems.
If this is you, we would really welcome your application