Head of Professional Learning and Development

Astrea Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 4WG

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  March 2025

• Closing date

  28 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 December 2025

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: £64,354.00 - £72,128.00 Annually (Actual) Band 6T Min to LQ2

Head of Professional Learning and Development job summary

Shape the Future of Professional Learning - Join Astrea Academy Trust’s Central Team

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for talent development and organisational growth? Do you thrive on creating innovative learning strategies that transform people and culture? If so, this is a rare opportunity to lead at scale and make a lasting impact across our family of schools.

We are seeking an outstanding Head of Professional Learning & Development to drive one of our strategic priorities: Talent and Expertise. This new role is pivotal in shaping a best-in-class professional learning offer that empowers our people and ensures every child is taught by exceptional staff. You will have a high level of creative autonomy to design and deliver not what good looks like, but what great looks like. Your work will be meaningful and impactful.

About the Role

This is a career-defining opportunity for an experienced senior leader with a background in large-scale organisational talent management and pathways. You will:

• Define and deliver a Trust-wide learning strategy that codifies what high-quality professional learning looks like.
• Lead the redesign of our professional development offer, iterating on the Astrea Talent Programme to foster a culture of continual growth.
• Work within the People & OD Directorate to embed employee experience as a critical organisational factor, creating value-led and engaging environments.
• Assess and address what has the greatest impact on employee experience within the learning offer.

Your work will be crucial in maintaining our culture and ensuring we deliver the very best for our schools and their staff bodies.

What We’re Looking For

You will be:

• A creative thinker with senior leadership experience and the ability to bring new ideas and perspectives.
• Skilled in designing and implementing large-scale professional learning and development strategies.
• A culture-builder who inspires collaboration, creativity, and growth.
• Committed to our mission of ensuring every child has access to exceptional teaching and leadership.

What We Offer

You will be supported by a strong infrastructure and expert team, including:

• A values-driven culture focused on growth, creativity, and collaboration.
• Access to central teams in HR, Finance, Estates, and more.
• The opportunity to lead transformational change and shape the future of professional learning across the Trust.

Why Join Us?

At Astrea, we’re redefining what truly great professional learning looks like and how impactful it can be. Our coaching culture is driven by a shared purpose: to make sure the students we serve have the very best staff in their classrooms and schools. This role is essential for enhancing our professional learning offer and supporting the development of the next generation of professionals who will shape children’s lives.

Interested in Applying?

If you are aligned with our mission and values, and ready to lead with impact, we would love to hear from you. For an initial confidential conversation, please contact the hiring manager - Taryn Edge, or Stephen Casey from the recruitment team at Astrea - recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org.

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

This role is not available for sponsorship.

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

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. 

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 Astrea Academy Trust

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

Astrea is a trust that is coming of age and moving beyond its foundational years into a mature phase of development, our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education. Our work starts and ends with a universal belief in high standards and expectations for every child, no matter what barriers they face.

Underpinning our vision is a commitment that knowledge and scholarship will be celebrated, we want our children to become resilient in the face of challenge and we commit to providing all Astrea children with rich opportunities and to supporting them every step of the way. I am incredibly proud of what the Astrea family has achieved and as the trust matures, we are in a strong position to embark upon this next exciting phase, where all of our energy will be focused on providing a brilliant education which helps children to learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

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