HR Advisor - Maternity Cover

Overview

The Park Academies Trust is looking to appoint a dedicated and experienced HR Advisor to join our central team, supporting all the schools within our Trust. This is a maternity cover position. Working as part of a team, you will be involved in various aspects of HR, from recruitment and onboarding to providing guidance and advice to our school leaders and staff, employee relations and casework.

• Location:
  
  Swindon, Wiltshire
• Contract Type:
  Fixed term contract (maternity cover)
• Hours:
  
  Full Time (37 hours per week, 52 weeks)
• Salary: £30,000 gross per annum
• Start Date:
  
  As Soon As Possible
• Closing date: 31st January 2026 (midday)
• Posted: 23rd January 2026
• Job

• Working as part of a team, you will be involved in various aspects of HR, from recruitment and onboarding to providing guidance and advice to our school leaders and staff, employee relations and casework.

The Park Academies Trust is a family of schools, both primary and secondary, that believes in ‘collaboration not competition’. Together we are stronger! Formed in 2016 with the vision to make a significant contribution to improving education, we are a growing Trust with a strong academic performance and are looking to enhance our team with dedicated and passionate individuals. Currently eight schools:
Abbey Park School, Lydiard Park Academy, Highworth Warneford School, The Deanery CE Academy, Red Oaks Primary School, Orchid Vale Primary School, Bridlewood Primary School and Kingfisher CE Academy. The Trust offers a high-quality educational provision from nursery up to Sixth Form. The positive and caring ethos at all our schools is combined with a clear mission to deliver the richest possible education experience which enables young people to leave our care as responsible citizens equipped to fulfil their personal goals and career aspirations.

What we offer:

a positive and dynamic environment in a growing Trust, a strong pupil ethos centered on mutual respect and fulfilling potential, competitive salary, staff benefits package including technology, cycle to work, shopping and holiday discounts, staff wellbeing benefits, and an attractive pension scheme. Please see the attached Job Description for details of the role.

The Park Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All job offers are subject to satisfactory reference and enhanced DBS checks. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, we will carry out an online search as part of due diligence on short-listed candidates.