Are you passionate about supporting people and creating a positive working environment?
We are looking for a People Advisor to join our dedicated team and help shape a thriving, inclusive, and supportive culture for our staff and wider school community.
GR3 (£27,254 – £33,699) per annum, 36.5 hrs per week, All Year Round
Who We Are
Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust (“WHMAT”) is a caring and inclusive group of 7 academies (1 All Through, 2 secondary and 4 primaries), serving a diverse, multicultural community in East Birmingham. We have approximately 740 employees and 4,500 young people across a 3.5 mile-radius.
Your role
This will be a school-based role at one of our seven academies with occasional home working depending on business needs. You’ll be allocated specific schools so that you can build rapport with staff and stakeholders in those settings. This role will require the ability to travel between sites as needed.
You’ll be a key member of our HR (People) team, responsible for supporting the People Manager with a range of work streams for various academies/directorates including: – recruitment and pre-employment checks, using our HR Information system (HRIS), professional growth, single central record/compliance, probation and lower-level employee relations case work.
This post-holder plays a central role in our mission statement of “Find them, grow them, keep them” as unless we find and recruit quality staff for our young people, we would not be able to function as a Trust!
Our ideal candidate
You’ll gain great experience by:
In return, we will offer you:
Informal chats are welcome by contacting Zareen Shaukut (People Manager) on recruitment@whmat.academy
Closing date for applications: 9.00 a.m. Tuesday 5th May 2026.
(NB CV’s will not be accepted)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
As part of our recruitment process, we carry out rigorous online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.
We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust as a People Advisor.
We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment, and selection process.
We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
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