People Director

Your responsibilities will include: Serving as the Trust's primary HR adviser, providing guidance to all senior leaders on all employment matters, including complex casework, disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence management. Developing and maintaining the Trust's HR policy framework, ensuring policies are legally compliant, practically useful and consistently applied across all schools. Policies operate under the STPCD for teaching staff and NJC Green Book / Burgundy Book for support staff, and you'll be expected to keep the Trust current with changes to both. Leading on workforce planning and recruitment strategy, including supporting with senior appointments and ensuring safer recruitment compliance across all schools in line with KCSIE and the Trust's Safeguarding and Recruitment and Selection Policy. Managing the Trust's relationship with its occupational health supplier and taking responsibility for the effective use of Civica as the HR information system. Supporting and quality-assuring the Trust's appraisal and pay processes, ensuring consistency across schools and alignment with the STPCD and the Trust's Pay Policy. Expanding and enhancing Trust-wide approaches to staff wellbeing, equality and diversity, and professional development, working alongside the Chief Education Officer where workforce development intersects with school improvement. Preparing and presenting workforce data and people reporting to the CFOO and Executive Team, including contributing to the Workforce Strategy and delivering the Workforce SQM. Supporting the Trust's growth, leading on TUPE and employment due diligence when new schools join the Trust.