Trust Vice Principal

**Salary**:
Salary shown above is based on a full time equivalent, Leadership Scale Points 17-20

**Job type**:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
To be agreed

5 February 2025

**Job overview**:
Hope Sentamu Learning Trust has fourteen academies located within York, Hull and North Yorkshire. Our Trust comprises six secondary, six primary and two alternative provision academies.

We have an exciting new role for leaders who want to make a difference.

We are seeking to appoint two Trust Vice Principals who are aligned with our mission, to provide environments where children and young people can thrive and our values, Respect, Teamwork and Kindness. We are very excited to offer this opportunity to enhance the leadership and provision across the Trust and play a key role in ensuring that we support our pupils, colleagues and school communities to be given opportunities so that they can live _life in all its fullness_, now and in the future.

This role will be appointed to one of our schools/academies to enhance the existing senior leadership team. The duration of the placement will be based on the school/academy needs and will play a key role in its development. This role will work in accordance with the requirements of the placement assigned by the Executive Director of Education and will provide strategic and operational support to the Principal of the assigned school by providing strong leadership and management, promoting the vision for the Trust and helping to develop and communicate a clear strategic vision.

You will be given the opportunity to develop your leadership experience over a variety of schools and within the central school improvement team to prepare you for future Headship opportunities.

to arrange this.

**What we are looking for**:
An experienced senior leader with:

- A proven track record of securing school improvement;
- A proven track record of positively impacting disadvantaged pupils
- Experience of using relevant data to drive school improvement and leading school initiatives or staff teams
- Experience of working and bringing about positive change in a challenging context.
- High expectations when managing, developing, inspiring, challenging and motivating staff.
- Exceptional people skills with a positive “can do” attitude
- An understanding, awareness and empathy for the needs of the pupils
- Evidence of continuing professional development and/or personal development.
- Ability to travel freely across all schools within the Trust

**What we can offer**:

- Experienced and supportive leadership with a collaborative approach and an appreciative culture
- An established, experienced and strong central team that works closely with stakeholders across our schools/academies
- A commitment to continuing professional development
- Structured support to unlock talent, backed by a collaborative approach and an appreciative culture
- Teachers Pension Scheme
- Occupational Health
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work scheme

**Job Details**:
**Type of Contract -**Permanent

**Full Time -**with Part time working considered

**Term Time - I**nline with Teachers Pay and Conditions

**Working Week -**Monday to Friday

**Location -**Trust wide; dependant on assignment

**Travel Required -**Yes

**Line Manager -**Executive Director of Education or, where applicable, assigned school/academy Principal

**Application Process**

**Shortlisting -**6 February 2025

**Interviews -**13 & 14 February 2025
- APPLICATIONS VIA AGENCIES WILL _**_NOT_**_ BE CONSIDERED AT THIS STAGE._

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

**About**Hope Sentamu Learning Trust**:
**Hope Sentamu Learning Trust**
- Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton, York
- Yorkshire
- YO30 6ZS
- United Kingdom

+44 1904 560053

**About us**:
**Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust for both primary and secondary schools. A Church of England trust established to bring together church and community schools, it was originally formed by Manor Church of England Academy and Poppleton Ousebank Primary School.**:
**Our Vision**

Our vision is really very simple. We aspire to provide a place where children and young people can thrive. The aspirations for our existing academies and those joining us are to establish environments where young people thrive. We want our schools to be places where children and young people thrive as active learners; compassionate, kind and creative individuals; caring and engaged citizens; and spiritual beings. We aim to grow together, to serve one another and nurture our children and young people.

In a world of turmoil we offer schools the opportunity to concentrate on teaching and learning, providing peace of mind as we l