Deputy Strategic Lead Officer: External Strategy

The Gorse Academies Trust, Leeds, LS27 0LZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, all year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Director 40%

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated colleague to the role of Deputy Strategic Lead Officer: External Strategy. This role is of great importance to our work as an organisation as we push forward with our development as a group in the mid part of the 21st century.

The Deputy Strategic Lead Officer: External Strategy will take the lead on ensuring that our outward facing operation is of the very highest standard. This will include providing strategic leadership regarding the ongoing growth of the trust and ensuring that our work with all key strategic partners including our local authority is exceptionally effective. The successful candidate will also lead a range of projects with skill and unflappability.

About You

We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven experience of leading and delivering complex projects or strategic priorities from conception through to successful completion.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build effective relationships at all levels.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, identify risks and drive actions to completion.
• A sound understanding of governance, compliance and policy development, ideally within an education or public sector environment.
• The drive, initiative and strategic mindset to support trust-wide improvement, delivering high-quality outcomes aligned to organisational priorities.

What the school offers its staff

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their careerhave the opportunity toenjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membershipof thelocal government pension scheme.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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Deputy Strategic Lead Officer External Strategy.pdf - 402 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Gorse Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Gorse Academies Trust website
• Email address: recruitment@tgat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-gorse-academies-trust

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