Deputy Chief Executive Officer

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Walsall West Midlands, United Kingdom St Chad's Academies Trust Full time

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Are you ready to take the next step in your career and make a significant impact in the education sector? Join us at St. Chad’sAcademy Trust as our Deputy CEO and play a crucial role in providing strategic and professional leadership alongside our CEO.

Company Description

St Chad's Academies Trust, also known as The Diocesan Multi Academy Trust (MAT), is a growing Trust operating across seven local authorities. The Trust includes nineteen academies spread across the Diocese of Lichfield, organized into four distinct learning hubs or communities of practice. The shared belief of 'Children First; in the footsteps of St. Chad' guides the collaborative efforts of the central team, Local Academies Committees, Trustees, Principals, and colleagues to provide the best education for the children in our care. Our academies retain their own identity while committing to the Trust's values and continuous improvement through school-to-school support.

Role Description

This is a full-time hybrid role for a Deputy Chief Executive Officer. The Deputy CEO will play a key role in the development and success of the Trust.

The post-holder will be expected to fulfil the role of Deputy CEO (DCEO) and therefore will have strong school leadership with experience of school improvement, school leadership and project management at a senior level and demonstrate a creative approach to Trust development. The Deputy CEO will take responsibility for the performance and outcomes of all academies within the Trust, leading on the strategic direction to support outcomes across all phases. The ability to meet deadlines and to manage and develop both the internal and external reporting structures, returns and statutory requirements associated with the Trust.The dissemination of information and data in a timely and appropriate manner to Trustees, Academy Committees and colleagues.

To support the CEO with growth development and the integration of new schools to the Trust High quality leadership, management and school improvement skills to enable the Trust to run smoothly, efficiently and effectively in the delivery of the Trust’s core aims to bring about strong pupil outcomes. The post holder will be a team-player who embraces a culture of coaching and continuous improvement and an enthusiastic, energetic, collaborative individual who has previously worked with multi-functional teams. The DCEO will also have a strong understanding of the corporate aspects of running a Trust to ensure continuity when the CEO is either on leave or unavailable. There must be a skill in strong leadership and influencing skills and also demonstrate a good sense of humour.

Key responsibilities include:

Strategic Leadership: Taking accountability for the performance, and outcomes of all academies within the Trust, leading on the strategic educational direction, ensuring alignment with our vision and strategy while supporting growth, development, and sustainability.

Educational Excellence: Lead the development and implementation of a robust academy improvement strategy, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.

Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate effective relationships with key partners and stakeholders, promoting collaboration and maximizing opportunities for our trust.

Leadership & Management: Lead, manage, mentor and support our academy leaders and School Improvement Advisors, ensuring high professional standards and accountability for progress and outcomes.

Safeguarding: Leading and developing all aspects of safeguarding, ensuring systems, processes and practices are effective, robust, and compliant across the Trust, putting the children first, in the footsteps of St. Chad’s.

The Deputy CEO will be based in Walsall but will have flexibility for remote work and will have be expected to have the willingness to travel to all academies throughout the Trust.

Qualifications

•Qualified teacher status.

•A continued commitment to own professional development.

•Successful record as an Executive Headteacher, Principal or Head teacher of a school/academy

•Detailed and up-to-date knowledge in subject, national policy, classroom management strategies, inspection procedures and statutory requirements.

•Knowledge of child-safeguarding issues and successful use of measures that promote and ensure the safeguarding of children.

•Experience of school inspection or school to school support

•Successful school improvement planning and implementation experience in a school setting.

•Successful experience of coaching, training and supporting senior leaders, middle leaders, teachers, support staff and other in bringing about improvements in their practice.

•Successful experience of working with or within a Local Authority or MAT on school improvement activities.

•Experience in building effective teams of senior leaders through people management skills such as leadership, vision, communication, motivation, constructive challenge and delegation

• NPQH / NPQEL or similar (Desirable)

• Further relevant professional studies. (Desirable)

• Experience of leading/managing complex/multiple organisations or Trusts and sites. (Desirable)

• Experience of having led a school to outstanding or out of a category. (Desirable)

• Experience of more than one key stage. (Desirable)

• Experience of Academy leadership (Desirable)

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Seniority level
  • Seniority level Executive
Employment type
  • Employment type Full-time
Job function
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  • Industries Education

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