Director of People

Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Nottingham, NG2 1RT

25 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £95,831.00 - £108,499.00 Annually (Actual)

Director of People job summary

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Director of People to lead the development and delivery of a diocesan-wide People strategy across three Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts.

Serving 84 schools and approximately 4,000 staff, this is a key strategic leadership role working closely with CEOs, Boards and school leaders to ensure a high-quality, consistent and compliant People service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver a forward-thinking People strategy across all Trusts
• Provide strategic HR leadership at Executive and Board level
• Drive consistency, compliance and continuous improvement
• Support the development of a high-performing workforce across all schools

About You:

• Significant senior HR leadership experience
• Strong understanding of organisational development and workforce strategy
• Experience of leading change within complex organisations
• Ability to influence and build relationships at senior level

Experience within education is desirable. Being a practising Catholic is not a requirement, but it is essential that the successful candidate must be willing to support the Catholic ethos and values of the Trusts.

This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact across a large and collaborative educational community.

Interested?

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Director of Education by emailing peter.giorgio@nottingham-des.org.uk

Apply Now:

Please complete the online application form before the closing date of Sunday 31 May 2026.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants.

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.

We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

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Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/our-lady-of-lourdes-catholic-multi-academy-trust

Our Lady of Lourdes CMAT was formed as part of a visionary approach to Catholic education across the Diocese of Nottingham. Originally the Our Lady of Lourdes CMAT brought together the 21 Catholic primary and secondary schools within Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City. Since 1 September 2022, all Lincolnshire Catholic schools have joined the OLoL family making us a Trust of 36 Catholic schools – all benefiting from exceptional opportunities to share best practice and learn from each other.

We are, first and foremost, a CMAT and aim to provide an outstanding faith-based education; we place the life, teachings and person of Jesus Christ at the centre of everything we do. Jesus taught us to put children first:

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14

Our priority is to ensure the very best Catholic education for all young people in our community, whatever their circumstances. We will achieve this together, through a strategic approach to sharing best practice, effective challenge and support from a central standards and performance team and opportunities for high quality Initial Teacher Training and Continuing Professional Development offered by the CMAT’s Training Hub.

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