Secondary Education Director

Secondary Education Director

Pay range: Competitive, reflecting experience

Location: Working from home with significant travel and overnight stays.

We think big: lead the way in Opening Minds, Opening Doors! 

An opportunity exists for an exceptional individual to join our team of National Secondary Education Directors. The focus of the role is to lead the delivery of outstanding education and school performance across the academies you are responsible for and deliver these improvements at scale.

The Role:

You will be part of a high performing education director team who are performance and impact driven, reporting directly into the National Director - Secondary and working closely with the Deputy National Director for Secondary.

The role will involve leading several secondary academies across the Trust and also leading on a wider Trust initiative. Flexibility is key, as you’ll adapt to shifting priorities and align your efforts with the most critical requirements across both the academies under your care and the broader Trust. Your success will be measured by each academies performance in all areas, including outcomes, and your role in delivering against each academies Academy Improvement Plan (AIP) and Curriculum Led Financial Plan (CLFP).

Some of the key responsibilities are: (please refer to the JD and Recruitment pack)

• The educational outcomes within your link academies and wider Trust leadership responsibilities. Assisting with the implementation of national and local strategies for raising attainment.
• Effectively line and performance manage the headteachers you are responsible for, in every aspect of their work, ensuring that they successfully implement their performance objectives and maintain a central, unrelenting focus on the quality of teaching and learning and outcomes within each academy.
• Overseeing the construction and delivery of Post Ofsted Action Plans (POAP), brokering additional support where necessary.
• To quality assure and approve all key documentation, including Curriculum Led Financial Plan, Academy Self-Evaluation, Academy Improvement Plans, and Curriculum models, ensuring that they adhere to E-ACT’s School Improvement Strategy.
• Providing effective governance through rolling assurance activities, the coordination and delivery of Trust reviews and other governance activities.
• Partner with headteachers to implement the People Strategy, fostering a people-first culture that prioritises engagement, impact and learning and development. 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience of being a high performing secondary headteacher. Desirable to have been a headteacher at two different schools
• Experience of Trust wide leadership and or/inspection experience as an OI or HMI and/or Executive Headship
• Proven successful mentoring / coaching of colleagues
• Experience of Ofsted processes

Skills:

• Ability to support headteachers in delivering consistent high standards
• An ability to lead, motivate, develop and inspire staff
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to inform planning, target setting and academy performance.,
• Personal resilience and an ability to cope with ambiguity uncertainty, pressure, and scrutiny from others
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills at all levels
• Ability to think and plan operationally and strategically

For further information on the role please see attached Secondary Education Director recruitment pack and JD.

About E-ACT: 

Join a trust that is going places! 

Having recently won TES Team of Year 2024 and MAT of the Year 2023 at both the MAT Excellence Awards and National School Awards, this is a very exciting time to join us! Why do we feel we have been recognised as a strong MAT? It is down to our dedicated, talented staff that are committed in delivering nothing but excellence for all of our children and young people.  

We all pride ourselves in fostering a people-first culture, which extends to all our pupils, staff, and stakeholders. We are proud to lead a community of 38 academies, educating of over 25,000 pupils across our five core hubs. Our staff satisfaction is above national benchmarks and we run a range of projects and programmes to address key topics such as workload and wellbeing. 

Our Opening Minds, Opening Doors strategy is at the forefront of everything we do, we don’t just prepare our pupils for the world; we equip them to thrive and succeed within it. Through our collaborative approach to education, we aim to open doors to a world of opportunities, where every child can pursue their dreams.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk 

Benefits: 

·        Generous Pension

·        Teachers pay and conditions

·        Cycle to Work

·        Support System of 38 Academies

·        Electric Car Scheme: 

How to apply: 

Please click on apply to submit your

application. For a discussion about this post please contact: Sian John, Head

of Recruitment and Talent: sian.john@e-act.org.uk and Connect with us via

LinkedIn.