Chief Executive Officer

Chorus Education Trust, Sheffield, S9 4LR

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  13 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Competitive
• Additional allowances:

  Competitive

Chief Executive Officer job summary

This is a pivotal system leadership role. The CEO will provide strategic, professional and ethical leadership, ensuring high-quality, inclusive education across all schools and strong organisational performance.

Working closely with the Board and the executive team, the CEO will shape and deliver the Trust's strategic direction, balancing trust-wide consistency with respect for each school's individuality and local context.

As Chief Executive Officer, you will:

• Provide clear strategic leadership aligned to the Trust's mission, vision and values
• Hold leaders to account for educational standards, inclusion and pupil outcomes
• Lead school improvement at scale and intervene decisively where needed
• Build strong, resilient leadership teams and a positive trust-wide culture
• Champion workforce development, wellbeing and sustainable workload
• Act as Accounting Officer with responsibility for finance, risk and compliance
• Support and advise the Board, ensuring strong governance and assurance
• Represent Chorus locally, regionally and nationally, building trusted partnerships
• Lead a robust safeguarding culture across the Trust

We are seeking an experienced senior leader with a strong moral purpose and a proven track record of executive leadership in education.

You will be collaborative, resilient and values-led, with the credibility to lead a complex organisation and the ambition to empower everyone to thrive and succeed.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Chorus Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Chorus Education Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chorus-education-trust

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