Director of Services

St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 3WU

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £80,000.00 - £95,000.00 Annually (Actual) Salary dependent on experience

Director of Services job summary

About Us

We are a Catholic Multi Academy Trust of 14 schools (11 primary and 3 secondary) serving over 6,800 pupils, committed to delivering excellent and distinctive Catholic education leading to strong outcomes for the communities we serve.

The Role

We are seeking an exceptional Director of Services to lead our shared services function, including Estates, IT and Catering and school Business Partnering. This is a senior leadership role, working closely with the CEO, CFO and Trust leaders to ensure our schools are:

• Well supported
• Fully compliant
• Able to focus on delivering great education

You will lead and develop our central services, ensuring they are high-quality, efficient, and aligned to Trust priorities.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop our Shared Services and school Business Partnering
• Build strong systems for communication, reporting and quality assurance
• Ensure effective compliance and risk management
• Provide clear data and analysis to support Board decision-making
• Coordinate key projects and support for schools

About You

You will be:

• A highly effective leader with experience managing operational services
• Able to design simple, effective systems that improve performance
• Knowledgeable about schools and compliance requirements
• Skilled in leading teams and driving improvement

Why Join Us?

• A pivotal role in shaping Trust-wide systems and impact
• Opportunity to influence strategy at scale
• Collaborative, values-driven organisation
• Competitive salary and benefits

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 St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-trust

St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust was formed in response to the vision of the Bishop of Hallam for all schools in the Diocese to be part of high achieving Catholic MATs with a strong moral purpose to deliver the best possible experiences for all pupils with a particular commitment to those who are most vulnerable.
Our first 12 schools joined the Trust in September 2022 and our 13th school, Holy Trinity Barnsley, joined us in April 2024. We work closely with our wider family of 10 primary schools who we look forward to fully welcoming into the Trust in due course, at which point we will be a Trust of 23 schools across Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
We are built on a foundation of strong relationships between our schools, rooted in our shared Catholic Christian mission and passion for serving our communities across the Diocese. We have a strong commitment to enhancing the ethos and character of each individual school so that schools continue to be rooted firmly in the communities that they serve. We also have a commitment to the common good, harnessing our collective capacity for the benefit of all the children and young people who attend our schools.

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