Director of Culture

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership and Culture Lead on creating a positive organisational culture that reflects our values.
• Develop and implement our People & Culture strategy that supports the organisation’s mission and values.
• Coach and develop managers to model inclusive, compassionate, BRAVE leadership.
• Foster psychological safety and open communication across all teams.
• Maintain and report regularly to People and Organisational Development Committee to provide assurance on progress of the People and Culture Strategy.
• Learning and Development Lead – the development of, and support managers to, implement frameworks for supervision, appraisal, and career progression.
• Promote a continuous growth mindset and culture across the organisation.
• Embed reflective practice and progression pathways.
• Embed a culture of inclusion, respect, collaboration, and wellbeing.
• Oversee and ensure the embedding of anti-racist, equality, diversity, and inclusion within all policies and practices.
• Embed values-based behaviours throughout the organisation.
• Oversee and ensure support to support the health and wellbeing of staff within their role.
• Champion a positive approach to change management and organisational learning.

HR and Employment Practice

• Ensure the organisation’s HR framework, policies, and employment practices are compliant, fair and consistent with our values and culture, drawing on specialist commissioned external HR advice where appropriate.
• Oversee recruitment, induction, contracts, and employee relations matters, ensuring all people processes are handled with fairness, consistency, and compassion.
• Keep people policies up to date and ensure managers are supported and confident to apply them well.
• Provide assurance to the Chief Executive, the People and Organisational Development Committee, and the Board, that employment practice meets legal and safer recruitment requirements, and are in line with organisational values and culture.