Key Role Information

Salary
£37,562 - £41,177 FTE
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Fixed Term
Closing
17/11/2026 12:00
Interview
24 November 2026
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
Support Staff | SCP25 - SCP29
Department
Support Staff (MAT)
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
37.00
Weeks per year
43.600
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Pay Range: Support Staff N7 SCP 25- 29 £37,563 - £41,177 FTE salary (£19.47 - £21.34 hourly rate)

Working Pattern: Either 37 hours per week, Term Time only (£31,495 - £34,525 actual salary pro rata)

or

23 hours per week, All Year Round (£23,350 - £25,597 actual salary pro rata). 

We are also open to considering alternative working patterns and welcome applications from candidates wishing to discuss flexible working arrangements. 

 

Contract: Fixed Term until 31 August 2027 to cover an increase in workload 

 

Are you a motivated and professional individual seeking a new challenge? 

 

Prosper Learning Trust is seeking to appoint a HR Adviser with relevant experience to join our busy, friendly team as soon as possible. 

 

This post offers a unique opportunity for an ambitious applicant to join an established multi-academy trust to provide HR advice and support to both our Academies and Trust Central Team. 

 

The role will allow the successful applicant to utilise and further develop their HR skills and experience while supporting our academies and contributing to the work of our growing Trust. 

 

Experience of working in a school / academy or an education setting is highly desirable. 

 

The successful candidate will: 

  1. Hold a CIPD Level 5 qualification (or currently working towards)  
  2. Use their initiative and work autonomously 
  3. Have well developed influencing and negotiating skills 
  4. Maintain confidentiality and high professional standards 
  5. Have experience of providing HR advice and managing a range of employee relations casework 

 

As part of the role you will:

  1. Provide professional HR advice and support to Headteachers, senior leaders and the Trust Central Team
  2. Advise on attendance management, disciplinary, grievance, performance management and organisational change
  3. Contribute to policy development, HR training and a high-quality HR service across the Trust

 

Applicants will be able to manage their own workload and respond to the demands of a busy team. Applicants will need to be committed, flexible and highly motivated in their work. Relevant support and career development will be provided to the successful applicant. 


Sound like the role for you?

 

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Laura Turnbull (Acting HR Manager) on 0191 6053899 (Option 1). 

 

The successful candidate will join a dedicated, innovative, and focused team of staff who are passionate about ensuring that everyone achieves their full potential. 


Prosper Learning Trust was established in January 2018 to help vulnerable young people succeed against the odds. Four core values underpin everything we do as a Trust, these are Aspiration, Integrity, Resilience and Kindness. We are looking for staff who share those values and want to support our young people.  

 

The Trust currently have 5 schools in the region: 

  1. Newcastle Bridges School – Alternative Provision academy offering education to pupils unable to access mainstream school due to medical needs including hospitalised children and young people (3-19 years) 
  2. Mary Astell Academy – Alternative Provision academy offering education to permanently excluded pupils and pupils who are struggling in mainstream school (11-16 years) 
  3. Thomas Bewick Special School – Special School academy for pupils with a diagnosis of autism (3-19 years) 
  4. Harry Watts Academy – Special School academy for pupils with a diagnosis of autism (5-16 years) 
  5. Gilbert Ward Academy – Special School academy for pupils with SEMH or a diagnosis of autism (11-16 years) 


Benefits of working for Prosper Learning Trust 


The Trust is proud to say that we pay all employees a minimum of the Real Living Wage and we also offer successful candidates: 

  1. A friendly and supportive team of staff who are willing to share expertise and learn from one another 
  2. Opportunities for career development and support with development through Trust wide Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes 
  3. Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and support from the Trust's Wellbeing Network Group 
  4. Access to either Teacher's Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme, each with favourable employer contribution rates
  5. Employee centred policies that support you in and beyond the workplace 
  6. Funded eye tests for DSE users (subject to T/Cs) 
  7. Bike 2 Work scheme

 

For more information on why we think you should work for us see our Trust website, where you will also find videos of what our current staff think. 


The successful candidate will be welcomed into the Trust, so if this sounds like the role for you, please don't hesitate to apply.

Qualifications

GCSEs Grade C+/4+ (or equivalent) in Maths and Englishessential
Level 5 CIPD qualified or qualification in progressessential

Central Team

Laura Turnbull

HRadmin@prosperlearningtrust.co.uk


Drayton Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 3RU

Safeguarding Information

Prosper Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to apply for Disclosure from the DBS.

 

The Trust actively promotes equality of opportunity with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. The Trust selects all candidates for employment based on their skills, qualifications and experience, in comparison against the person specification.

 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.


Online vetting checks will be carried out for candidates who are shortlisted.


Job roles, specifically for Newcastle Bridges School, that are located within The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust sites, will be subject to an additional layer of safer recruitment / pre-engagement checks managed by the NHS, under their Honorary Contract Policy.  An employee of Newcastle Bridges School may be required to work across more than one site.