New Executive Team at Shaw Trust

Shaw Trust has unveiled plans for a new Executive Management Team (EMT). A team of four Executive Directors will work across four broad business functions in order to drive strategy and performance for the charity.

As part of the new structure, Shaw Trust, which assists disabled and disadvantaged people on the journey to work, is creating a single Operations Division. Stuart Knowles who had been charged with the directorates previously known as Work and Independence and Employment takes on the mantle of Executive Director of Operations.

The Charity has appointed Jerome Walls as Chief Finance Officer. Walls, acting interim for the last six months has now been appointed on a permanent basis to the role which has been extended to take on Estates and Information Services functions.

A newly created Workforce and Organisational Development Division will focus on all Human Resource issues, including change management, organisational development and planning for the future. The charity has appointed an interim HR Director, Fiona Fisher who will lead the strategic overview and assist in recruiting the new executive director.

A new post; Executive Director of New Business will be charged with the design and development of new services at a national and local level with government, councils and other providers. Colin Carmichael will continue in his role as interim and assisting with the recruitment for this post, which is well underway. The charity expects to make an appointment from its current shortlist of candidates.

Supporting the newly created EMT is a senior management team to look after marketing and retail, and a new corporate resources division.

Claire Western is Director of Corporate Resources, reporting directly to the chief executive with a remit covering corporate social responsibility, compliance and quality & performance.

“This is an organisation that has grown significantly in the last decade and needed a review of organisational structure and strategy to reflect that and put Shaw Trust in the strongest position for the future,” explains Sally Burton, Chief Executive, Shaw Trust.

“We now have a solid EMT and senior management structure with clear correlating responsibilities. All the changes we are making are designed to make sure that we deliver excellence at the front line and importantly, that we can continue to grow and win business which allows us to help even more people.”

Sally has just embarked on a series of regional staff meetings across the UK to talk about the new structure and way forward for Shaw Trust:

“The regional meetings are designed to be two-way so we can get feedback on where we are now and also open up discussion as to what services and solutions we can offer to support the coalition government’s Big Society vision.

“There have been lots of changes at Shaw Trust in recent months and there will inevitably be more to come as successful organisations thrive on change and innovation. Our staff have embraced the changes to date which is testimony to their commitment to what we do here at Shaw Trust,” concluded Sally.

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Shaw Trust is a national charity, formed in 1982, which helps people with disability or disadvantage to find work and achieve independence. We do this not only by delivering government programmes, but also through our own self-funded initiatives, and by campaigning to change attitudes at all levels. Across the UK more than 1,600 staff now oversee a diverse range of more than 200 projects.

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