* HR AdvisorFast Apply# HR AdvisorEmployerLocation: Alveston, South GloucestershireContract Type: PermanentHours: Full TimeSalary: From £36,363 (CSET7)Posted: 14th November 2025Start Date: As Soon As PossibleExpires: 24th November 2025 11:59 PMContract Type: PermanentStart Date: As Soon As PossibleJob ID: 1518169Start Date: As Soon As Possible* Contract Type :Permanent* Job ID: 1518169* Share :**Job title**: HR Advisor**Contract type**: Permanent**Hours**: 37 per week, all year round**Location**: Partnership Centre, based at Marlwood School with travel across trust schools required**Salary**: CSET 7, starting at £36,363We’re looking for an experienced and proactive **HR Advisor** to join our dynamic HR Partnering Team, who can have real impact across our schools.**About the role**Working closely with our HR Business Partners, Headteachers and other Senior Leaders across both Trusts, you’ll provide expert advice and hands-on support across a wide range of employee relations and people matters. You’ll help our schools navigate HR issues with confidence, ensuring a consistent, fair and people-focused approach.This is a varied and fast-paced role where no two days are the same. You’ll use your professional HR expertise, sound judgment and problem-solving skills to shape proactive solutions that work in practice – not just on paper. You’ll also play a part in delivering Trust-wide HR projects and initiatives that strengthen our culture and support our staff to thrive.**About you**You’ll be CIPD Level 3 qualified (or working towards) with proven experience as an HR Advisor, particularly in employee relations. You'll bring:* Up-to-date knowledge of HR policies, employment law, and GDPR compliance* Experience advising on pay, terms, and conditions of employment* A track record of resolving employee relations cases with clear, outcome-focused strategies* Ability to support both transactional and strategic HR activities* Strong collaboration skills, building credibility and trust across all levels* Excellent written and verbal communication, handling sensitive matters with professionalism* Effective organisational and time management skills, with attention to detail under pressure* Problem-solving ability and sound, evidence-based decision-making* Confidence working independently while contributing positively to a teamIf you’re looking for a role where your HR skills can make a visible difference, where collaboration and innovation are encouraged, and where you’ll help create great places to work and learn – we’d love to hear from you.Castle School Education Trust (CSET) is a vibrant family of schools united by one powerful ambition: to deliver a great education for every child.Spanning four secondary and five primary schools across South Gloucestershire, we’re proud of our strong track record in school improvement, rising pupil numbers, and consistently improving outcomes. Each of our schools has a distinct identity shaped by the community it serves—and we celebrate that uniqueness while sharing expertise, resources, and support across the Trust.You will be joining us at an exciting time, as we work collaboratively with eleven schools from TPLT in North Somerset, with an aim to join to form Pathway Trust in the future.**We can offer you:*** Commitment to CPD and development of all staff including collaborative support and instructional coaching to allow employees to thrive* Commitment to inclusivity and fostering of diversity* Values and vision that are lived not laminated* Open and honest culture* Local Government pension with up to 19% Employer contributions* Up to 30% discount with Microsoft & Dell* Discounted gym membership* Life Assurance - 3 x Death in Service* Cycle to work scheme* Dedicated counselling serviceIn order to apply for this role please complete an application form by Monday 24th November 2025. Interviews are due to take place on Tuesday 2nd December 2025. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview.*Join us in Providing a Great Education for Every Child**CSET is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.*### Attachments### Safeguarding Statement:CSET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As part of this commitment any offer of employment will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post, which will include an enhanced DBS check for the children’s workforce and a Children’s Barred List check.### Castle School Education TrustPart of### Castle School Education Trust
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