HR Advisor - The Pivot Academy

Organisations

Pivot

Hours

35.5 per week, Monday to Friday, all year round

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Dyson Wood Way, Huddersfield, HD2 1GN

Position type

Permanent

Salary

Starting salary: £32,858 per annum

Advert Wording

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Pivot

Location: Based Kirklees (HD2 1GN) with travel to other sites as required

At Pivot we believe learners deserve better. We are a specialist independent provision with sites in Kirklees, Wakefield, Bradford and Leeds. In our academies we teach and support learners from Key Stages 1 – 5 for whom mainstream education is simply not working, those with an EHCP who require a specialist placement or those who have been excluded from school. Every day our teams do incredible work, making a huge difference to the lives of complex and challenging learners.

We are seeking an experienced and proactive HR Advisor to join our People team and play a key role in supporting our provisions across West Yorkshire. Reporting to the Associate Director of People, you will provide high-quality HR advice and guidance to leaders and managers on a wide range of employee relations matters, including absence management, disciplinary and grievance processes, performance management, probation and employment-related queries. This is an excellent opportunity for a HR professional who enjoys building strong relationships, influencing good practice and helping create a positive working environment for colleagues.

As part of this varied role, you will also support recruitment and onboarding, ensure compliance with safer recruitment and safeguarding requirements, maintain accurate HR records and systems, produce HR reports and contribute to the continuous improvement of HR processes across the organisation. We are looking for someone with proven HR experience, strong organisational and communication skills, sound knowledge of employment legislation and a commitment to delivering an excellent customer-focused service.

This is an exciting opportunity at Pivot to gain generalist HR experience within a growing, fast paced organisation.

This role will be based at our central team hub in Kirklees (HD2 1GN), with regular travel to our other sites (Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield).

Working at Pivot will give you a real chance to change the lives of our learners and we truly believe you will find working here a rewarding experience.

We offer:

• A supportive and forward-thinking school culture
• Ongoing professional development and support for relevant qualifications
• Focus on wellbeing for all & access to employee assistance programmes
• Flexible working arrangements and early finish Fridays
• 2 weeks (41 days) annual leave entitlement
• Further additional benefits, including access to an EV scheme, blue light card entitlement, eye-test reimbursement, financial wellbeing service, work mobile phone and death in service benefit

You will find the job description and application form on our website www.pivot-group.uk/current-vacancies.

Don’t miss this opportunity, apply now by visiting our website www.pivot-group.uk completing an application form and returning to the HR team at recruitment@pivot-group.co.uk.

Closing Date: 23 November 2026

Interview Date: 1 December 2026

We do encourage you to submit your application form as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date for a vacancy.

We are committed to safeguarding our young people and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and appropriate referencing.

During the shortlisting process, Pivot will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of its due diligence.

Closing date

23 November 2026, 11:55 PM

Important Information

Job profile/description

HR Advisor JDPS.pdf – 251KB