Chief People Officer

Chief People Officer Discovery Schools Trust Salary: Competitive Contract Type: Full-time and Permanent About the Role? Discovery Trust is seeking an exceptional Chief People Officer to lead and develop our trust-wide People agenda during an exciting period of growth and development. As a key member of the executive team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the People strategy across the Trust. Why choose Discovery Trust? Discovery Trust is an innovative, high performing and purpose driven multi-academy trust working across the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland area. Across our growing family of 20 academies, we empower children and colleagues to realise their full potential and experience limitless learning. Being part of Discovery means playing your part, within an organisation that makes a lasting difference; a place where you can use your initiative, co-create with brilliant people - and be yourself. Discovery Trust is seeking an exceptional Chief People Officer to lead and develop our trust-wide People agenda during an exciting period of growth and development. As a key member of the executive team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the People strategy across our central team and our 20 academies. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be accountable for developing and delivering an innovative People strategy that aligns workforce planning, organisational culture, HR operations, recruitment, performance, wellbeing, and leadership development. You will provide expert, trusted advice to the CEO, Board and committees. As a key executive team member, you will ensure that openness, accountability and high performance are embedded across Discovery Trust. This is a great opportunity to operate and influence at scale and make a lasting impact on the lives of staff and children in a growing, dynamic MAT. As a result, to be successful in this role you will need to be a highly experienced People or HR leader, qualified to CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent), with a proven track record of operating at executive leadership level in unionised organisations. You will already be a resilient, strategic leader, and confident leading through growth, change, and challenge. Your executive HR experience may have been gained within schools and MATs, or in a similarly complex and multi-site organisation in another sector. Regardless, you’ll bring the requisite skills and a relentless commitment to support our schools and the people who run them. Discovery Trust employ a diverse range of highly talented people to co-construct the very best places to learn, with innovative solutions to ensure all children achieve. If you want to make a lasting difference, get in touch to learn more. For a confidential and informal conversation about the role, please contact our recruitment partners, Propelo, on 01273 222 877 or email discovery@propelo.co.uk. To access the pack and for details of how to apply, please visit: https://discovery.our-careers.co.