People Services Advisor

About us and the role

We are excited to welcome applications for a passionate and conscientious People Services Advisor to join our newly reimagined People Services team.

This is a perfect time to join as we embark on new initiatives and improvements.

In this role, you’ll provide essential People Services (PS) support and administrative services, manage payroll processes, and collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure smooth operations across the organisation.

You will contribute to developing policies, enhancing PS systems, and driving service delivery improvements.

Join us in shaping a forward-thinking team committed to delivering exceptional service to both employees and management.

Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid role, with the option to work from home, spend at least one day in the office, and travel to other sites as needed.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England. All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development, and spiritual insight.

What will you do?

Shared Services Administration & Advisory:

• Manage key PS processes such as contract variations and leaver actions, ensuring timely completion within payroll deadlines.
• Provide first-line PS support and guidance to employees, escalating issues as needed.

Policy Development & Service Improvement

• Contribute to the development of PS policies and procedures, focusing on best practices and employee-centric services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to plan and implement service delivery improvements, ensuring compliance with PS regulations.

People Services Information System

• Maintain the accuracy of PS data in the People Services Information System, producing insightful management reports and supporting system enhancements.

Payroll

• Process accurate and timely outsourced payroll, working with People Services colleagues, third-party suppliers, and finance teams to ensure seamless operations.

Team Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work collaboratively across the People Services team, sharing insights and promoting team development while supporting the adoption of best practices and policy updates.

Why should you apply?

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
• Free staff lunch and on-site parking

What are we looking for?

• Demonstratable experience working with a high-volume outsourced payroll, ideally within the education sector or similar
• Experience in interpreting and applying HR policies, and pay and conditions of service, including signposting, guidance and dealing with queries
• Experience working with People Services/HR Information systems and MS Office, with excellent knowledge of Excel
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to produce work to a high standard, with excellent accuracy and attention to detail.

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.