Wellbeing and People Experience Lead

Star Academies, Blackburn, BB1 2HT

43 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  3 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week All Year Round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £39,862.00 to £46,142.00 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and driven Wellbeing and People Experience Lead to join our Central People and Wellbeing Team.

This is a strategic and values led role, focused on enhancing the lived experience of colleagues across the Trust. Working collaboratively with school leaders, wellbeing champions and Star Central teams, you will lead the development and delivery of wellbeing, engagement and people experience initiatives that support a healthy, inclusive and high performing workforce.

You will play a central role in shaping and embedding trust wide wellbeing and people experience strategies, ensuring wellbeing is proactively integrated into organisational culture, leadership practice and ways of working.

You will be supported in a highly motivated team environment that is focused on development, wellbeing and continuous improvement.

The role is based at Star Central, Blackburn. We are currently operating hybrid office and homeworking arrangements. You will be expected to travel to schools across the Trust as required.

You will have:

• A degree level qualification and be CIPD qualified (or willingness to work towards).
• Experience of leading and delivering wellbeing, engagement or people experience initiative.
• A strong understanding of workplace wellbeing, organisational culture and employee engagement.
• Experience of using workforce data insights to identify risks and inform targeted actions.
• Experience of working collaboratively with senior leaders and a wide range of stakeholders.
• The ability to design, implement and evaluate trust wide initiatives and programmes.
• Strong planning, organisational and people management skills.

What the school offers its staff

Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Talent Academy and our schools.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Wellbeing and People Experience Lead.pdf - 273 KB (opens in new tab)

About Star Academies

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: info@staracademies.org
• Phone number: 0330 313 9800
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/star-academies

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