IT Director

Unity Schools Partnership, Haverhill, CB9 8QP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • IT support
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Chief Officers pay scale £79,829 to £86,280 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an exceptional IT Director to shape and lead the IT strategy for our growing Multi-Academy Trust, a network of 40 plus schools committed to delivering outstanding education and transforming lives. This is a pivotal role at the intersection of education, innovation, and technology.

As a senior leader, you will drive the development and delivery of a trust-wide IT strategy, ensuring robust, secure, and future-proofed infrastructure that supports teaching, learning, and operational excellence. You will work closely with executive leaders, school leaders, and external partners to implement a IT strategy to enhance efficiency and improve teaching and learning to ensure our digital ecosystem empowers every student and staff member. You will work closely with Procurement to driver optimum value for money for IT. You will be responsible for leading and managing the IT Services Function to deliver outstanding service to staff, students and the Central Team.

You will bring a combination of technical, managerial, and interpersonal skills. With an excellent knowledge of the technology environment, ideally within education.

Dependant on experience an additional responsibility for GDPR/ Data Protection Officer (DPO) may be included for the right candidate, but this is not a requirement. If this applies you would be responsible for leading and managing the strategic and operational delivery of data protection and privacy compliance across the Trust and act as the Trust’s Data Protection Officer (DPO).

What the school offers its staff

In return we will offer:

• Job satisfaction through making a positive impact on our pupils’ lives
• Friendly and supportive working environment
• Family friendly policies
• Supportive and positive management
• Investment in your training and development
• Wellbeing and staff benefit packages

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.

Unity Schools Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust of 40 schools and growing, the trust expects its work to be characterised by ethical leadership, an ambition for improvement at pace and the expectation that remarkable improvements can be achieved.

If you are ambitious and keen to work in a family of schools committed to these values, please consider applying for the post.

For more information about Unity Schools Partnership please visitwww.unitysp.co.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

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About Unity Schools Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Unity Schools Partnership website
• Email address: sgarner@unitysp.co.uk
• Phone number: 07526 422555
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/unity-schools-partnership

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