Chief Executive Officer
Aspire Academy Trust, St. Austell, PL25 4FD26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be agreed.
Closing date
1 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Competitive
What skills and experience we're looking for
Aspire Academy Trust is seeking a strategic thinker who has a
demonstrable and successful track record of inspirational, dynamic and
impactful senior educational and/or business leadership.
As CEO you will champion collaborative working and continual professional development for all staff to nurture, maintain and empower a happy, vibrant and skilled workforce. The trust encapsulates this commitment, living by its strapline “working together, inspiring excellence” in each of its 37 primary academies – of which three have Church of England Foundation - 22 nurseries and 2 outdoor education centres, located across Cornwall.
Our trust seeks a leader with a strong understanding of education and finance, the need to plan and track finances and manage the financial risk, opportunities and landscape of a growing MAT. They should also be familiar with audit and risk in the academy sector and the importance of active risk assessment and mitigation. All of these are necessary for the work of the MAT to succeed.
You will also be supported by our experienced trust board and will work in partnership with our Directors, Strategic Leads, Heads of School, and the Diocese, to develop our trust and ensure that both the MAT as a whole and its individual schools consistently achieve excellent educational outcomes for all pupils.
Application is via www.aspireacademytrust.org/vacancies. For a paper copy, please contact 01726 438613. Completed application forms can be emailed to hrteam@iaspire.net returned via post to Aspire Academy Trust, Unit 20 St Austell Business Park, St Austell, Cornwall PL25 4FD.
For an informal discussion with the HR Manager, please contact Lucy Wright on 01726 438613.
For further information please visit our website Current Vacancies - The Aspire Academy Trust
What the school offers its staff
Aspire is an innovative and ambitious trust and sets an unapologetically high bar for its academies to deliver educational excellence. Every Aspire child should thrive and have the best opportunity to succeed, regardless of where they live, their social circumstances or additional needs. The CEO will have an unrelenting focus on driving evidence-informed school improvement in line with the trust vision and values.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Aspire Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- hrteam@iaspire.net
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