Trust Trustee / Governor (HR Specialism)
The Shaw Education Trust, Stoke-On-Trent, ST7 4DLThis job expired on 6 May 2024
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
30 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time, flexible, job share, term time: The time commitment involves pre-reading of board and committee papers and attendance in person at approximately five full day board meetings per annum in the Midlands plus attendance at a similar number of shorter subcommittee meetings, which are usually held remotely.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- unremunerated but reasonable expenses will be paid
What skills and experience we're looking for
Shaw Education Trust is a dynamic multi-academy trust that operates a diverse portfolio of some thirty academy schools including secondary, primary, and special. Our mission is to empower students and staff to achieve their fullest potential through innovation, support, and high educational standards. The trust is committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement and inclusive educational practices. Effective and professional HR strategies and practices are essential enabling factors contributing to the trust’s overall, growth-focused strategic plan.
This is an opportunity to join the board of a highly regarded MAT with highly motivated, professional trustees and to work with an exceptional group of executives and school leaders across the trust. The successful candidate will be a member of the trust board and a statutory director and, in addition to the general duties of a trustee/director, will be the lead adviser to the board on all HR and people-related matters ensuring that our policies and approach reflect best practice and the highest ethical standards and are consistent with the overall strategic direction of the trust. The HR trustee will chair the board’s Nominations and Remuneration sub-committee and will act as informal mentor to the Chief People Officer.
This position offers the opportunity to influence key aspects of governance, leadership development, and workforce management, directly impacting the effectiveness and culture in our academies. In particular to ensure that the board is fully sighted on the issues affecting the following areas of HR activity;
- Strategic HR Leadership: Strategic oversight, challenge and support on critical HR matters such as organisational development, change management, our talent portfolio, and leadership capability.
- Recruitment, Retention and Remuneration: Strategies for attracting and retaining highly skilled educators and support staff.
The role is unremunerated but reasonable expenses will be paid. The time commitment involves pre-reading of board and committee papers and attendance in person at approximately five full day board meetings per annum in the Midlands plus attendance at a similar number of shorter subcommittee meetings, which are usually held remotely. Additional time should be allowed initially for induction and some school visits.
What the school offers its staff
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
Our schools span from Birmingham to Bury, meaning that we can support students from all walks of life, no matter their background or socioeconomic status. In doing this, we are able to help ensure all children are able to access a high standard of education, with all being treated equally.
We also encourage collaboration within and between our academies, creating a community of professionals who share a wide range of valuable experience and specialist knowledge. This is supported through our creation of a network of ‘hubs’ across our schools, covering all teaching subjects and operational areas. Our regular hub meetings enable staff members to stay up-to-date with latest guidance and skills, as well as collaborate and practice share with others from different school settings.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:•protecting children from maltreatment;•preventingimpairmentofchildren’smentalandphysicalhealthordevelopment;•ensuringthatchildrengrowupincircumstancesconsistentwiththeprovisionof safe and effective care; and• taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Shaw Education Trust recognises that in order to keep pupils safe, leaders must create where pupils and staff are able to speak freely and share any concerns they have. There must be mechanisms in place to ensure pupils of all ages and abilities are able to communicate their views
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About The Shaw Education Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- natalie.turner@shaw-education.org.uk
We place high achievement at the heart of everything we do. We are determined that no individual has their opportunities limited by their background, or by their ability. We are focused on harnessing the power of people to affect positive change for our children and young adults. We work closely with children, leaders, teachers and support teams, to create their individual best futures: one size fits one. Education should be an exciting space, buzzing with vibrancy, dynamism and unlimited potential. Innovation and entrepreneurialism fuel our passion, enabling creativity and re-conceptualisation to be agilely applied to context and circumstance. We love a pirate!
Far too often education becomes competitive; combative and driven by perverse incentives. At Shaw Education Trust we do not believe it should be that way, we know that great strength comes from co-operation and working together. An excellent education, in a supportive environment, is what every student attending one of our academies will experience. Central to this is the support we provide to our staff teams, this enables them to continually develop their knowledge, practice and expertise. By offering high quality training and research-based opportunities our colleagues are well motivated, highly valued, and incredibly driven professionals. We are proud of them!
Our learning community is further enhanced by ensuring that we have a mix of academies (primary, secondary and specialist) within our Trust; all with an equal voice. This allows us to create a conglomerate of folk with a wide range of valuable experience and knowledge, thereby ensuring rich collaborative opportunities across our Trust, alongside a cadre of proven impact.
We value and enjoy the privilege of every day we have with our children and young adults; they are precious cargo. We recognise that our academies are just one step in their educational and life journey. We take seriously the responsibility to ensure all are equipped to take their right next step. Accordingly we offer a range of support to address life beyond school, develop students' independence, prepare for university, apprenticeships, or the world of work. The only thing that counts is our learners’ success.
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