School Improvement Advisor

Are you looking for the opportunity to work across a number of schools? Are you ambitious, motivated, and ready to support others? Do you have strong knowledge of research-led teaching practices, curriculum design, and how to best deliver on school improvement? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you.

We are delighted to be able to recruit for a School Improvement Advisor to work across our trust, supporting the Director of Education in delivering our school improvement strategy. This new role will give an experienced senior leader the opportunity to work across all the schools in the trust, providing on the ground improvement support, as well as working within the wider central Education Improvement Team to develop and deliver strategy to improve outcomes for our pupils.

The work of the School Improvement Advisor will be varied, and whether it be visiting a school to work with leaders on implementing a strategy, developing CPD materials for teachers, or working with our strategic curriculum lead to work on the trust curriculum, it will be exciting and purposeful.

We believe in using research and evidence to inform our practice at Rise, while also ensuring that any advice we give to school leaders and teachers is practical and can be applied almost instantly. We also require that all of our Education Improvement Team have strong pedagogical knowledge and the ability to put this into practice in the classroom. We expect our leaders to be able to be excellent role-models, not just in leading, but also in what really counts – teaching and learning.

With a supportive and hugely ambitious Executive Team within the trust, the School Improvement Advisor will play a key role in enabling our schools and pupils to truly flourish and succeed.

We can offer you:

• Great opportunities for personal and professional growth
• The opportunity to inform the trust school improvement strategy
• A supportive Executive Team, who value CPD
•  An ambitious trust who uses research and evidence in practical ways
• The opportunity to develop wider networks outside the trust

The right candidate will have:

• Experience of success in a senior leadership role
• Strong pedagogical knowledge, and a keen interest in educational research
• Leadership skills to enable them to motivate, inspire, and engage others
• A positive outlook and a resilient nature
• A commitment to developing their own, and others, practice as part of a team
• Strong knowledge of best practice, and innovative ideas for school improvement
• A desire to learn and develop themselves

Discussions with the Director of Education are encouraged. To make an appointment please contact Bhandna Bagga, Trust HR Manager at bbagga@risemat.co.uk

Rise Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check (including a barred list check).