People Advisor (HR)

At Leigh Academies Trust, our people make everything possible. As we continue to drive operational excellence across our academies, we are looking for a practical, proactive, and empathetic People Advisor to join our Central Services People team.

This is the next step in your HR career, stepping up from a People Officer position into a role with genuine autonomy, case ownership, and impact.

The Role

Working alongside our People Partners, you will deliver high-quality, trusted HR advice across the Trust. You will balance direct employee relations support with smooth operational execution, ensuring our staff feel supported and our processes run seamlessly.

• Act as the direct point of contact for line managers and staff via our Halo helpdesk, delivering practical guidance on policies, family leave, flexible working, and everyday employment matters.
• Guide managers through ER casework - including grievances, disciplinaries, capability, and absence management - and support formal hearing chairs with clear advice, minute-taking, and robust investigation reports.
• Maintain high data accuracy in iTrent, handling contractual adjustments, promotions, transfers, offboarding, and payroll-impacting changes in line with GDPR.
• Produce and analyse data reports on absence patterns, turnover, and trends to help shape proactive interventions.
• Champion our staff recognition schemes (LAT Moments, Viva Engage) and help signpost staff to wellbeing resources, including our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Provide administrative and advisory support during organisational change, restructures, and TUPE processes.

What We Are Looking For

• Demonstrable experience in an HR advisory or senior officer capacity, with strong working knowledge of UK employment law and ER casework.
• Hands-on experience managing HRIS platforms (iTrent experience is highly desirable) and ticketing systems.
• Ability to provide objective, plain-English advice to managers while maintaining a human-centred, supportive approach.
• Excellent attention to detail across payroll updates, data management, and confidential record-keeping.
• A proactive team player eager to contribute to trust-wide equity, diversity, inclusion, and process improvements.

Why Join Us?

As part of the One LAT team, you will work in a supportive, forward-thinking environment that genuinely values your professional development. We offer a clear pathway through our Goals & Journeys framework, helping you build your expertise while making a tangible difference to the teams supporting thousands of students every day.

This is a full-time, permanent position offering a salary of £30,108 - £42,712 based on experience. This is working Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, and a 3:30pm finish on a Friday with a 30-minute lunch break.

£30,108 - £42,712 per annum, based on experience + 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

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