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HR Director

Required 1 September 2022

Full Time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary range: Scale 11, Points 38-42

Actual Pay £43,251 - £47,297 including Outer Fringe Allowance

The primary focus of the HR Director is to provide leadership and professional management of HR Services across the Trust. Key responsibilities include developing and implementing a coordinated HR Strategy across the Trust, ensuring that the Trust is operating within a legally robust HR policy and procedural framework, and providing robust professional HR advice and management information to Line Managers within the Trust.

The applicant must be degree educated with specific qualifications relevant to the management of human resources. The applicant must possess excellent organisation and communication skills and have an in-depth knowledge of current employment legislation and best HR practice.

We are a high performing and successful multi-academy trust, which places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do.

For a copy of the job description and person specification, together with details on how to apply, please see the Discovery Educational Trust website: https://www.discoveryeducationaltrust.co.uk

If you would like more information regarding this role, our Chief Financial and Operations Officer, Paul Griffiths, would welcome the opportunity to speak to all interested parties. Please email pgriffiths@discoveryeducationaltrust.co.uk to arrange an informal, confidential conversation.

The Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding its pupils against radicalisation and extremism and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practise and appointments are subject to satisfactory references, and enhanced DBS checks and medical clearance.

Closing date: Midday 31 May 2022

Information about the School

Discovery Educational Trust, formed in 2014, is a successful and established multi-academy trust based in South Essex, comprising just under 4000 students and 500 staff, across 5 schools.

Our schools are:

• Chase High School (Westcliff-on-Sea)
• St. Martin's School (Brentwood)
• Hogarth Primary School (Brentwood)
• Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School (Brentwood)
• Larchwood Primary School (Brentwood)

We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum.

Our vision is that strong and effective leadership places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do. We value relationships, which are open and honest, underpinned by kindness, trustworthiness and compassion.

As an equal opportunities employer, Discovery Educational Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age; disability; gender re-assignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (which includes ethnic origin, nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Discovery Educational Trust.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.