Chief Executive

**South Essex Alliance Multi Academy Trust** is seeking an exceptional leader to be its new Chief Executive - is that you? This is an incredibly exciting time for the Trust and we are looking for someone who is ambitious, innovative and can provide exceptional leadership in all matters academic, commercial, financial, and pastoral. Are you hungry for success? If so, you will want to lead the SEAMAT team

**SEAMAT offers**:

- A Trust that prioritises a deep commitment to a Learner First approach and UNCRC’s Rights of the Child to ensure every child can achieve the highest standards of which she/he is capable.
- Three schools led by Headteachers who focus on ensuring that our staff and pupils are enabled to reach their full potential through strong improvement strategies
- A strong leadership team who support the Chief Executive and take cross Trust responsibility for Quality standards, Wellbeing and innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
- School sites that have extensive and attractive grounds with the potential to create Forest schools and other outdoor learning opportunities.
- The opportunity for the new CEO to create our next three-year strategic plan taking the Trust to its next stage of growth.
- Be deeply committed to ensuring a Learner First approach is embedded in all aspects of the Trust’s operations.
- Be responsible for the performance of all the schools within the Trust, instilling the vision and ethos of the Trust throughout the organisation.
- Be a dynamic and inspirational leader who will be able to define and deliver our new strategy going forward
- Ensure that all our schools are thriving and successful places where our pupils can be challenged to reach their full potential
- Have a proven track record in successful leadership within a MAT and the confidence to utilise and embrace the expertise of teams you build as CEO.
- Through sound business and financial strategies be able to ensure the continuing viability and potential for growth of SEAMAT.

**How to apply**:
**Closing date**: January 10th 2023 **Interview dates**: 16th and 17th January 2023 **Start date**: Negotiable **Salary**:L28 -L31 **Contract**: 0.8/0.9 negotiable

If you would like a discussion with the Chair of Trustees or to arrange a visit, please contact Rayleigh Primary School office on 01268 775712.

**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**

The Chief Executive Officer, in executing all of the functions and responsibilities of the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Trust, will:

- Secure, develop and strengthen the Trust’s vision of education delivered through a Learner First strategy.
- Work with Trustees and the Local School Boards to ensure robust governance structures actively add value to the work of SEAMAT.
- Be the Lead Professional responsible for the development of Trust wide strategies and action plans for the improvement of educational standards across the Trust through the framework of the vision and values.
- Secure educational success through inspirational leadership, effective strategic planning and execution that creates a culture of continuous improvement designed to secure the highest possible achievement for all in every aspect of the Trust’s provision.
- Ensure sustainability, compliance and the mitigation of risk.
- Through sound business and financial strategies ensure the continuing viability and potential for the growth of the trust.

**As Accounting Officer the CEO will**:

- Fulfil the statutory and regulatory responsibilities as set out in the Academies Trust Handbook.
- Ensure compliance with the Trust’s Memorandum/Articles of Association and associated statutory, regulatory and legal requirements.
- Take responsibility for the propriety and regularity of public finances in the Trust’s charge.
- Adhere to the 7 principles of public life.
- Oversee the work of the Chief Operations Officer (Finance Director), implementation and monitoring of the Trust’s internal and external financial reporting to the Trustee Board on a regular basis.

**Chief Executive Responsibilities**

**1 Strategic Leadership** The Chief Executive Officer leads through:

- Articulating a clear leadership narrative for the growth and strategic development of the SEAMAT vision and values of LEARNER FIRST, reflecting the trust’s definition of high quality and engaging education.
- Developing a clear organisational strategy and goals with the Board that reflect the Board’s vision and the CEO’s leadership narrative.
- Working with the executive team, staff, stakeholders, pupils and parents to develop communication methods to share the narrative and to inform and refine it where appropriate.
- Accessing opportunities to keep abreast of sector, local and national contexts to inform the ongoing work on strategy.
- Ensuring a healthy balance between central strategy and accountability, and the ability of each school to develop a sufficient sense of individuality and the ability to respond to local needs.
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