Director of Human Resources
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Shrewsbury School
Shropshire
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Competitive based on skills and experience of the successful candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 29 April 2024
Job overview
Shrewsbury School has a world-class reputation for all-round excellence. Fully co-educational, with a seven-day boarding heartbeat and an integral day community, the school sits within 110 acres of beautiful parkland, wrapped within a loop of the River Severn. Shrewsbury believes strongly in its social mission with extensive outreach, cross-sector partnership and community engagement programmes as well as a deep commitment to life-changing bursaries.
The school is a diverse community of 840 students aged 13-18 and over 500 staff. The wider Shrewsbury family includes five international schools across Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong and India together with a local preparatory school, Packwood Haugh. In line with the work of its most famous alumnus, Charles Darwin, the school has continued to evolve in an innovative and dynamic way.
The post of Director of Human Resources is a senior role which will lead and shape a comprehensive HR function to support close to 600 staff across both Shrewsbury School and Packwood Haugh. The vacancy arises following the departure of the incumbent after 18 years of dedicated service. Working directly with the Head and Senior Leadership Team, whilst reporting to the Bursar, the postholder will provide strategic leadership across the school in all staff-related matters, in line with the School Development Plan.
Shrewsbury is looking to attract an accomplished professional who is motivated by the school’s mission to support young people to flourish and is energised by the idea of working with diverse colleagues within a vibrant and purpose-driven community. The Director will bring their experience and expertise to transform policies and processes and release capacity to provide proactive, effective support for a people-oriented, inclusive and high calibre culture.
This role requires an individual who can work strategically as well as taking a ‘hands-on’ approach in terms of being practical and action-orientated, enthusing their HR team to deliver an outstanding and responsive service. Experience of leading a HR function within an organisation of similar complexity and scale and a successful track record of service delivery and process improvement will be important. Prior experience of working in a school is not essential but the successful candidate should have empathy with independent education and with the ethos of Shrewsbury School.
An attractive package is on offer for the successful candidate including generous annual leave, a defined contribution pension scheme and life insurance, free use of school facilities and a free lunch for much of the year.
This is a full-time/all-year role based centrally on campus at Kingsland House.
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The closing date for applications is Monday 29 April 2024.
Shrewsbury School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Shrewsbury School
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A brief history of Shrewsbury:
Shrewsbury School, Independent School of the Year 2020, has a world-class reputation for all-round excellence. Fully co-educational, with a seven-day boarding heartbeat and an integral day community, the school delivers a dynamic education that develops the abilities and enthusiasms of each and every pupil.
Founded by Royal Charter in 1552, Shrewsbury School is one of the ‘great’ nine schools in England identified by the Clarendon Commission of 1861. The School moved to its current location in 1882. Over the centuries it has grown in size and reputation. Girls first joined the Sixth Form in 2008 and it is now ranked amongst the leading co-educational boarding schools in the world, educating around 830 pupils aged 13-18 years.
Shrewsbury delivers a programme of academic learning that is exciting, challenging, responsive and versatile. On the School’s breath-taking 105-acre site on the banks of the River Severn, pupils also have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of sporting, music, drama and co-curricular activities, as well as being encouraged to engage in adventure and charitable endeavour.
Our Ethos:
The celebration of individuals and individual talent is central to education at Shrewsbury – both in and beyond the classroom. In whatever sphere, a pupil will find a member of staff to support and encourage, enthuse and inspire him or her to exceed their expectations and meet the challenges that lie ahead with confidence and good judgement.
Life at Shrewsbury is founded on a close partnership between staff, parents and pupils to promote the strength of family life, foster responsibility, and balance the claims of developing individuality with the needs of a vibrant community. To make this ideal a living and working reality, the School cares for its pupils in 12 Houses for both boarders and day pupils.
Academics at Shrewsbury:
Our aim in the classroom is to inspire and enthuse pupils from across the top of the ability range. In recent years, on average, up to 10% of our leavers have gone on to Oxford and Cambridge and virtually all have won places at the university of their first choice; we expect about 80% of A Levels each year to be passed at A*, A or B grade. But there is as much joy for the less academic pupil who surpasses his or her expectations as there is for the pupil whose progress to top grades always seemed more certain.
Co-Curricular at Shrewsbury:
We want all our pupils, whatever their ability, to enjoy their life beyond the classroom, and Shrewsbury has a well-earned reputation for academic, musical and sporting excellence. We compete internationally in cricket and rowing, and we are one of the strongest schools in the country for football, cross-country running, cricket and fives; facilities and coaching for these and a host of other sports including badminton, basketball, tennis, fencing, hockey, netball and swimming are excellent.
Our school plays and musicals have drawn praise at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London. As one would expect from one of the strongest music departments in the country, the breadth and quality of music-making are remarkable, and several students win places at some of the top music colleges each year.
We also offer our pupils an extraordinary array of clubs, societies and other co-curricular activities, many of which take place on a dedicated weekly activity afternoon. Members of the school staff lead the majority. Shrewsbury is surrounded by glorious unspoilt countryside and the School makes the most of its easy access to the Shropshire Hills, the Welsh Marches and Snowdonia.
Location:
Shrewsbury School lies on the outskirts of the town of Shrewsbury, approximately 50 miles west of Birmingham, and 75 miles south of Manchester. Shrewsbury is served by Virgin trains from London Euston (by changing at Birmingham New Street or Wolverhampton). There are also regular services from Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford, Cardiff and Bristol. The international airports of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and East Midlands are all between 1 hour and 1 hour 30 minutes away (by car or rail).
We are well positioned to enjoy the benefits of the local countryside and the mountains and coastline of North Wales.
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