Job Introduction
Trust Deputy Lead for People & Culture
Full time 37 hrs 52 weeks
Band 11
£47,181 - £51,356
Are you passionate about people, relationships and creating environments where everyone can thrive? Do you believe that a strong, relational culture is the foundation of a successful organisation?
If so, we would love to hear from you.
Solent Academies Trust is seeking a Trust Deputy Lead for People & Culture to play a key strategic and operational role in shaping an exceptional staff experience across our family of academies.
Working closely with the Executive Lead for People & Culture, you will help lead the Trust’s HR and recruitment functions, ensuring that our people practices reflect the values of our Relational Culture Charter—where trusting relationships sit at the heart of everything we do.
This is a varied, rewarding role where you will make a genuine difference every day.
At Solent Academies Trust, we are proud to be a community built on connection, respect and belonging.
Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:
- Valuing Difference
- Effective Communication
- High Challenge & High Support to Empower
- Respect for All
- Solution-Focused Approaches
We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive — and so do the children and young people we serve.
By joining Solent Academies Trust, we offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence.
- A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and wellbeing
- A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- 17.9% employer pension contribution
- Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
- Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
- Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
- Free onsite parking at most of our academies
- Increase of annual leave after 5 years of service from 27 to 31 days
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Employee Benefits Platform
For more details, please visit our website http://solent-trust.net
If you have any questions at all or wish to submit an application, please email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info.
Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.
Closing date for applications is Monday 8th December at 9am
Interviews will be held on Friday 12th and 19th December 2025
Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
