Director of Roma
Fir Vale Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4 8GB14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Permanent, full-time, 37.5 hours per week, term time only (39 working weeks per year).
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Starting salary from £55,630 FTE (subject to pro rata adjustments), dependent on experience – Actual Salary £48,002.27
What skills and experience we're looking for
Fir Vale Academy is a vibrant 11–16 mixed secondary school located in the north of Sheffield. We are proud to serve a richly diverse community, with approximately 50% of our student population identifying as Roma, predominantly from Slovakia. As our school continues to grow and evolve, we are seeking to appoint a dynamic, committed, and inspirational Director of Roma to lead and champion the development, inclusion, and achievement of our Roma students.
The successful candidate will be a passionate individual with strong leadership skills, cultural sensitivity, and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing Roma communities. They will play a pivotal role in shaping strategic approaches to engagement, pastoral care, curriculum access, and community partnerships, ensuring that our Roma students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
We will offer you:
- Highly competitive pay above national average.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Westfield benefits platform.
- Free on-site parking.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Please see the job description and person specification for further detail.
To apply, please click the ‘Apply online’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Fir Vale Vacancies and complete our online application form. Alternatively, please email hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk to request a Word version of the application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted.
The closing date for this post is midnight on Sunday 02 November 2025. Interviews will take place soon after.
If you have any queries regarding this role, please email hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer you:
- Highly competitive pay above national average.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Westfield benefits platform.
- Free on-site parking.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Fir Vale Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 1050 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fir Vale Academy website
- Email address
- hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
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