Chief People Officer
Dixons Academies Trust
West Yorkshire / North West
- £88,000 - £96,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £88k-£96k plus 8% PRP.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 31 October 2021
Job overview
We’re making a difference, can you?
Dixons are seeking to appoint a Chief People Officer to contribute to the leadership of its next stage of growth and development.
This is a challenging role requiring an experienced leader with a track record of success, strong interpersonal skills, an adaptive approach and a strategic mindset. The successful candidate will be passionate about making a tangible difference in children’s lives, particularly those facing educational and social disadvantage in the North.
The new CPO will contribute to an engaged, entrepreneurial leadership team during a period of rapid expansion, and will ideally have previous experience of growing organisations of a similarly complex nature.
Due to the growing geographic spread of our organisation, there will be the requirement to travel around and between West Yorkshire and the North West. A hybrid approach to office / home working can provide some flexibility whilst opening this opportunity to potential candidates from across the north of England.
Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?
Dixons Academies Trust is a well-established multi-academy trust with a strong reputation of delivering high-quality education in its fourteen schools, currently serving the communities of Bradford, Leeds and Liverpool. Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North; all of our academies serve areas of deprivation and communities with higher levels of students eligible for Free School Meals or with Special Educational Needs than the national average.
We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18 we want every student to have the choice of university or a high quality apprenticeship.
- Values driven
- 30 years of challenging educational and social disadvantage
- Ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
- Always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
- Committed to recruiting a diverse workforce
- Exceptional colleagues will support you to be your best
- Low staff turnover
Learn more
Full details of this role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification and Applicant Brochure.
To find out more about Dixons, visit www.dixonsat.com or have a look at the Dixons Open Source YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/dixonsopensource.
For questions about the application process, or for an informal chat about the role, call us on 01274 085440 and speak to Donna Letremy, Executive Services & HR Officer.
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
About Dixons Academies Trust
- Dixons Academies Trust
- Ripley Street, Bradford
- West Yorkshire
- BD5 7RR
- United Kingdom
At Dixons, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most. We work to improve the future for thousands of children in the parts of the north of England where young lives are adversely affected by social and educational disadvantage.
We believe that every child, regardless of their background, should be able to fulfil their academic potential and go on to thrive amongst the demands and expectations of 21st century life.
We are ambitious for every child we teach and want to see a society that benefits from the contributions of our well-educated and empowered young people who come through our network of high-performing non-faith academies. We make a difference to young lives by being that difference and defying the disadvantage we see.
Founded by Dixons City Academy, the former City Technology College, our Trust has almost thirty years’ experience of running our own affairs. Although our original sponsor, Lord Kalms of the then Dixons Stores Group, still takes a keen interest in us, we are now self-sponsoring and independent. We remain true to our original aims, however, and our ambition remains the same: to transform education in our region.
Our family of schools includes primary, secondary all-through and sixth form. We focus exclusively on sponsored turnaround academies to address educational failure and on new free schools to meet growing demand. Our diversity is a real strength of our model, balancing common alignment with the autonomy to innovate. Our start-ups are all graded Outstanding and our sponsored academies have all climbed at least two Ofsted grades with our backing.
We have achieved a great deal in a relatively short time, but such is the culture of expectation here that we know our greatest impact is yet to come.
Visit our website to find out more: www.dixonsat.com
Learn more about our culture on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/dixonsopensource
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