People Engagement Director

Summary

We’re looking for our next People Engagement Director to drive forward our ambitious people plan.

Our people are what makes the National Trust special and with over 13,000 employees and more than 50,000 volunteers, our People team has a big job on their hands. That job doesn’t stop at making sure we have the best talent to carry out our conservation work; it’s about engaging and inspiring our staff and volunteers to do their best; creating an inclusive culture for our people and our supporters; developing a reward and recognition plan that both attracts and retains brilliant people to help deliver our cause; and creating a consistently positive, flexible and inclusive volunteering experience.

Salary: circa £90,800

What it's like to work here

The National Trust is such a varied organisation – and so are the people who work here. Our people come from countless different backgrounds, but one thing that unites every single one of them is the desire to work and volunteer in an organisation where they can truly make a difference – whether they have engaged with the Trust previously or not. It’s their enthusiasm and passion for connecting people with history, beauty and nature that helps us achieve our aims.

Our staff and volunteer contribution to our cause is invaluable; because of them we are able to continue to promote, preserve and protect historic places and spaces, for ever, for everyone.

Whilst this position is contractually based at Heelis, our central office in Swindon, you are likely to spend part of your week working in a hybrid way. Heelis was named after one of the Trust’s biggest benefactors Mrs William Heelis, there are approximately 500 staff based here, including the Executive team and the Director-General.

What you'll be doing

As the People Engagement Director, your leadership skills, understanding and breadth of experience in people engagement, volunteering and inclusion will help us to deliver our ambitious people plan.

As the sponsor of our ‘Everyone Welcome’ strategic priority, you will work with leaders across the Trust to help us become a more inclusive organisation which better reflects the changing communities we serve.

You will also lead the development and delivery of our volunteering plan, strengthening our volunteering foundations, whilst creating a positive, flexible and inclusive volunteer experience for both our current and future volunteers.

Working closely with your peers, you’ll lead the transformation of the Trust’s people systems, ensuring they are easy to use and provide valuable insight to enable us to deliver our strategic plans.

This is an exciting, influential, but demanding senior role. There’s lots to do and some of this work is only just getting started. We need a driven, insightful, inspirational, skilled, collaborative director to lead our high performing People Engagement team to deliver the next phase of our people plan.

Who we're looking for

You are already well established in the world of volunteering, inclusion and engagement. We’d like you to be able to demonstrate the following:

• Proven track record of leading and delivering through multi-disciplinary teams in a complex or matrix unionised environments
• Deep practical experience and knowledge of developing and delivering volunteering, participation or inclusion strategies
• Proven track record in designing and delivering innovative approaches to people engagement, volunteering, participation or inclusion
• Experience of using data and insight to drive engagement and retention
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentational skills including advocacy, networking and persuading across executive, professional and lay audiences
• Proven experience of leading, developing and motivating high performing senior teams.

The package

Salary: Circa £90,800 including private medical cover, bi-annual health screening, pension scheme with a generous matched contribution rate and other benefits.

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Flexible working whenever possible
• Free parking at most locations
• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary