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Our Team

Meet the team behind The Heath Family Trust.

Paula Evans

Director of HR

Paula joined the central team in October 2022 and is responsible for the provision of HR services, offering guidance to school leaders, development of effective strategy, policy, and practice.  She started her career in the National Probation Service and worked as the Divisional Admin Manager, and after 13 years joined Education in 2003 in a large Liverpool secondary school as the Office Manager responsible for all operational support functions.  Paula has a broad experience across Local Authority maintained schools, SEMH schools and the academy sector and has significant experience across a full range of HR functions including employee relations, workforce planning, change management, recruitment and retention, reward and benefit, training and development. 

Paula is a qualified School Business Manager and successfully gained her Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM).  During these studies, she particularly enjoyed the HR modules and developed a passion for employee relations and went on to study Human Resource Management and gained her post-graduate Level 7 CIPD qualification in 2014. Paula is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), has worked as a HR Manager and HR Generalist in the education sector for over 20 years and has been a member of senior leadership teams for over 12 years.    Paula works with dedication and is passionate about heading up our HR function that will support staff and the Trust to achieve the absolute best for the students in our schools.