Great Place to Work Strategy

From the inception of Harmony Trust, the Trustees have been totally committed to being an employer of choice within the sector.

This commitment has given rise to the “Great Place 2 Work” strategy which is being continuously developed in response to our context and the views of staff.

A key feature of GP2W is to create the optimum conditions for all staff to work so that they experience both job satisfaction and high levels of well-being. Examples of this are:

• The approaches that will provide the Trust with the greatest ability to attract and retain the highest quality teaching and support staff in the academies and a commitment to ensure workforce organisation maximises impact and is sustainable.

• To establish effective professional development opportunities and optimum working conditions for infrastructure staff.

• The Trust’s commitment to its employees in terms of their wellbeing and opportunities for professional development and career progression as well as opportunities to work across the Trust.

• The Trust’s commitment to be locally, regionally, and nationally recognised for the extent and quality of the CPD opportunities and its commitment to continuous improvement in practice for all staff at every level of the organization.

• Supporting high quality leadership development across the Trust, at both senior and middle leader level, including through the Harmony Teaching School Alliance.

• A whole range of HR policies to support employee well-being.

• The opportunity to contribute policy and decision making through termly staff forums with the CEO and/or his representative.

• Growing use of staff surveys to collect feedback in relation to well-being and other staff policies.

• The CEO has an open-door policy.