Head of People Operations
St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Derby, DE1 3TQDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 8am
Date listed
14 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £56,682.00 - £61,294.00 Annually (FTE)
Head of People Operations job summary
Head of People Operations
Salary: S4 £56,682 - £61,294 (subject to experience)
Line Management: People Services Assistants & Systems Admin
Location: TBC - Leicester, Nottingham or Derby. Hybrid working
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
We are seeking to appoint to a key role an experienced people operations professional to join us as our Head of People Operations. Responsibilities will include leading and managing a multi-site team of People Services Assistants, supporting 84 schools across three CMATs (Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts) with a high-quality operations service for circa 4,000 employees. This role ensures the efficient delivery of operational HR services including attraction and onboarding, drives HR Information System development, and produces comprehensive people metrics to inform strategic direction and focus. The postholder will oversee key operational HR functions, ensuring recruitment, compliance, system administration, accuracy of pay (in conjunction with the Head of Pensions & Payroll) and alignment with organisational objectives. Knowledge of HRISs is essential (and ideally iTrent), as is a proven track record of leading high performing teams with a great attention to detail, high expectations, creativity and resilience. Experience in education is preferred, and wider public sector experience will also be considered
Our CMATs are in Nottingham, Leicester and Derby and the successful candidate will be based at the closest one to their home address. The role reports into the Director of People for the three CMATs and a hybrid way of working is offered. During term time there is a need for attendance at any location across the areas our schools serve, and during holiday periods full home working is available.
If you have informal questions about the role please contact Debbie Stanley, Director of People by emailing Debbie.stanley@nottingham-des.co.uk
To apply for this role please submit your application no later than the closing date stated above and note that right to work in the UK is required and other requirements are detailed in the person specification.
Being part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust
On 1st September 2018, the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, part of the Diocese of Nottingham, brought together 25 Catholic schools located in Derby City, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Stockport together in partnership, to ensure the very best spiritual, social and academic experiences and outcomes for the young people in our schools.
Everything we do is to better the lives and futures of our children, providing access to first-class teaching, both academically and spiritually and we are united by our collective vision to excel.
Why work for the St Ralph Sherwin Multi Academy Trust?
To find out why you should come and join our team, click on the link to our ‘Why work with us?’ brochure.
A summary of our fantastic benefits are as follows:
- Access to first class CPD opportunities. We also work in partnership with Nottingham Teaching School Alliance to deliver meaningful and relevant CPD. Our Leadership Academy identifies and develops future leaders.
- Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 25 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
- Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.
- Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 23.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
For more information about our Trust and our Academies, please visit www.srscmat.co.uk
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Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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.
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