HR Advisor

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational Trust in Walsall is seeking a part-time HR Advisor to support schools and Trust leaders in HR functions, including recruitment and employee relations. This role requires building positive relationships and contributing to continuous improvement projects. You will work in a supportive team environment and be part of a Trust committed to professional development and excellence in education. The position is hybrid, allowing for some home working while ensuring effective HR service delivery.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in providing HR advisory services.
• Ability to build positive relationships with senior leaders.
• Experience in handling employee relations and recruitment processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advisory service to schools and Trust leaders.
• Manage recruitment and employee relations effectively.
• Support continuous improvement projects within the HR team.

Skills

HR Advice and Support

employee relations

organisational change

staff wellbeing

recruitment

Job description

Role: HR Advisor

Salary Grade: Grade 8, SCP 26-31(Actual Salary £22,670 - £25,401)

Hours of Work: 22.5 Hours (part-time & permanent), all year round, 52 weeks per year (with some requirement to work occasional out of hours)

Location: Primary place of work- The Rock Centre, Walsall with hybrid working at other Trust offices, schools and home working to suit the needs of our schools and our Trust and ensure effective and efficient delivery of a centralised HR Service.

Closing Date: Monday 5th January 2026

We are seeking an experienced and driven HR Advisor who can provide professional HR Advice and Support to our schools and Trust leaders.

This is a generalist role where you will be required to provide a professional HR advisory service, including recruitment, employee relations, organisational change and staff wellbeing.

You will work closely with Senior Leaders across our schools and Trust, building positive, professional and credible relationships.

We are a HR team who strive to continuously improve, and as such there will be the opportunity to get involved in continuous improvement projects and develop new ways of working.

If you are looking for a new challenge and want to broaden your HR experience and expertise, this may be the role for you.

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking Trust committed to professional development, inclusion, and excellence in education. We offer a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a real impact.

Full details of the role and what you need to be successful can be found in the job description and person specification.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

About the Mercian Trust

The Mercian Trust is a Multi Academy Trust of twelve schools and over 10,000 students in Walsall and Sandwell. Often referred to as the most diverse family of schools in the country, the Trust comprises of two selective grammar schools, five large comprehensive secondary schools, one primary school, one all-through special school, one technical and vocational Studio School, and two Alternative Provision schools.

Trust ethos & values

Our name is rooted in history and expresses a geographical identity and ambition. The ancient kingdom of Mercia encompassed much of what we now recognise as the West Midlands – and crucially for us it included what we now call the Black Country. It was in Mercia that St Chad established an association of small monasteries which fostered unity through bonds of kinship.

Now, a thousand years later, we look to demonstrate the same spirit in our approach. We are a family of schools committed to each other – diverse in nature, proud custodians of our history and success, but together, one charitable Trust with a common purpose.

Our Trust exists to equip our students to live life to the full.

Our mission

Our mission is increasing opportunities and improving outcomes to enable our students to:

• Realise their potential
• Thrive in the world of work
• Make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.

Our values are:

• Excellence and Rigour
• Challenge and Support
• Safety and Wellbeing
• Acceptance and Applause