Chief Improvement Officer (Secondary & Professional Learning)

Embrace Multi Academy Trust, Enderby, LE19 4AQ

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

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 salary.

Chief Improvement Officer (Secondary & Professional Learning) job summary

Embrace Multi Academy Trust are seeking to appoint to a new role of Chief Improvement Officer (Secondary / Professional Learning).  This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to take on this newly created and strategically significant role within our Executive Team, with direct responsibility for the quality of education across our secondary schools and for bringing our vision for professional learning to life.  We are seeking a leader with courage, credibility and wisdom, a team player who leads with heart, sets high expectations and brings a positive, proactive and innovative approach to their work. You’ll be someone who is not afraid to get stuck in, who builds trust through collaboration, and who inspires others to grow and thrive.  You will join a small but strong School Improvement Team, expertly led by our Chief Education Officer, and work closely with our Education Leadership Team to shape and deliver our education strategy.

Why Embrace?

• We offer the opportunity to be part of a cohesive, friendly and skilled team.

• We value all members of staff alongside professional and supportive staff relationships.

• We have a focus on staff wellbeing and provide access to wellbeing support services and employee discount schemes. We have flexible working opportunities.

• We support professional development to develop your skills and knowledge.

Why you?

• You have the drive, passion and purpose to lead with integrity and vision.

• You have demonstrable deep expertise in secondary education and professional development.

• You have commitment to partnership working across our schools and with external stakeholders.

• You  are someone who can drive improvement, support leadership development, and ensure our schools deliver high-quality, inclusive education.

Embrace Multi Academy Trust was established in 2019 and has grown to ten schools, including eight primaries and two secondaries. Our vision is for every child to experience ‘life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10), and our core purpose of ‘Learning for Life’ underpins all that we do.  We are proud to be an inclusive Trust, bringing together Church of England and community schools in a way that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our local communities. We value individuality and believe in nurturing the unique strengths of each school, each pupil, and each member of staff.

Closing date for applications: 1 December 2025 @ 9am.

Interviews to be held: 8 & 9 December 2025.

We warmly encourage potential applicants to arrange an informal meeting or conversation with Paula Jones, Trust Leader, before submitting an application.  This provides an opportunity to find out more about our Trust, our values and our ambitions for this role. An opportunity to visit Embrace is also available on Wednesday 19 November.

The post is considered to be regulated activity and as such is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check. Additionally, applicants are to be aware that an overseas criminal record check, or certificate of good behaviour, will be required before appointment, from candidates who have lived overseas for a period of 3 months (including aggregated time) over the age of 16 in the previous 10 years.

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

Embrace Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, enhanced DBS checks and barred list checks will be undertaken for all successful applicants prior to appointment and all shortlisted applicants will be subject to online searches as part of due diligence checks. We believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all, ensuring equality of opportunity in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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 Embrace Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Embrace Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/embrace-multi-academy-trust

We are a Multi Academy Trust of 10 schools (two secondary and eight primary) majority Church of England, which work collaboratively to promote and share good practice to raise educational outcomes for all of our children.

We support our schools through the work of our shared service team, allowing schools to focus on their core purpose of teaching and learning. We have developed key networks as part of school improvement across the trust, which enable our leaders and schools to work together through school-to-school collaboration and ensure schools receive all the support they need.

We are passionate about our people at Embrace and wellbeing is a key priority, both for children and adults, across the trust. We are committed to providing high-quality professional development and training opportunities for our members of staff and believe this is a key element to their professional growth and improving outcomes for children and young people.

We are an open and inclusive trust and believe in working closely with parents, carers and communities.

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