Director of People and Organisational Development
The Mercian Trust
Based in Sandwell and Walsall, with hybrid opportunities available.
- £71,729 - £79,112 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Salary Range L18 - 22
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- To start as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 9 September 2024
Job overview
Director of People and Organisational Development - Link to Apply
We’re looking for a highly experienced professional to lead the People and Organisational Development function of our large Multi Academy Trust.
Our nine schools educate nearly 10,000 students and employ over 1,000 staff. Our people are at the heart of what we do and how we do it, and this brand-new role will be fundamental to supporting our trust to fulfil its purpose and live its values.
You will have significant experience of strategically leading HR teams, developing people and teams to support professional growth, leading change across large organisations, and managing complex HR caseloads.
You will be equally supported to succeed by your dedicated HR team of ambitious professionals, and by our Trust executive team and board of non-executive directors.
As a senior leader in our Trust, you will be given the opportunity to lead on key workstreams, develop new practice, and lead our people and organisational development strategy to deliver our key objectives.
This full-time, permanent position is based in our central offices in Sandwell and Walsall with hybrid and flexible working opportunities.
As a large Trust, we are delighted to offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
· A highly competitive salary including LGPS pension and 29 days annual leave.
· Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.
· Modern, comfortable offices with car parking.
· A range of high-quality staff benefits including a cash-back health scheme, exclusive discounts and gym membership, and cycle and electric car salary sacrifice schemes.
· A full programme of CPD and professional growth support tailored to your role.
For further details, please download the full recruitment pack. We strongly encourage you to speak to our Executive Director for Trust Development; to arrange a time to do so, please contact Lin Koo, Executive PA to the CEO on 01922 211388 or email Lin.Koo@merciantrust.org.uk.
The Mercian Trust is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and young adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. As this post involves working in regulated activity unsupervised with children all post-holders are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an online search check, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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About The Mercian Trust
It was in Mercia that St Chad established an association of small monasteries which fostered unity through bonds of kinship. We intend, a thousand years later, to adopt the same spirit in our approach to a Multi-Academy Trust. Pupils in the Mercian Trust will be part of a family of schools forming an educational community. We are convinced that we are stronger together. The Trust is already shaping the educational landscape in exciting ways and every pupil in the Trust will be part of that story.
The Mercian Trust brings together different schools catering for a wide range of individual needs into one Multi-Academy Trust in order to offer the broadest and best education to all pupils regardless of their socio-economic, cultural or ethnic background. Leveraging the strengths of the participating schools, Mercian Trust pupils will be able to access the advantages and opportunities that each school brings – in teaching, leadership, breadth of curriculum, facilities, enrichment activities and community engagement.
Our Mission: To provide the best education and life chances for the children and young people of Walsall.
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