Trust Lead for Catholic Life & Mission
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust Ltd, Bedford, MK41 7UL7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
19 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership scale to be determined
Additional allowances
Leadership scale to be determined
Trust Lead for Catholic Life & Mission job summary
Trust Lead for Catholic Life & Mission
Leadership Scale + benefits
Northamptonshire/Bedford
September 2026
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust (OLICAT) is a growing Catholic Multi Academy Trust situated in the northern half of the Catholic Diocese of Northampton. The Trust currently includes ten Catholic primary schools located across the geographical area of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, as well as two Catholic secondary schools, St Thomas Becket in Northampton and St Thomas More in Bedford. The Bishop’s vision is for the other 8 Catholic schools in our Diocese to join our Trust in the coming years.
The Trust Lead for Catholic Life and Mission is a very special role within our Trust and will certainly look slightly different depending on the experience and skills of the person taking on the role. The successful candidate will be able to use their unique God-given gifts to shape their role, while working within the team to support and enable everyone across the Trust to fulfil our mission to deliver an excellent Catholic education for all of our pupils.
The current Trust Lead is retiring after many years in the service of Catholic education, and she leaves a group of schools united in their purpose to bring young people closer to God and to His plan for their lives. The role currently includes formation for school leaders; support for a Trust Chaplaincy Network and Trust RE Leads Network, as well as developing Catholic Social Teaching and advising schools on driving forward all aspects of Catholic education including support for inspection. Liaison with the Diocese of Northampton will be an important part of this role.
The Trust Lead role is currently fulfilled by one person working two days a week. There is capacity for this role to be a secondment from a school leadership or diocesan role; it could be possible to split the different aspects of the role with two people each working one day. A more full-time role within the Trust may be possible by combining secondary RE teaching with the Trust leadership role.
We are certainly open to discussing the possibilities of different ways of fulfilling this role and interested candidates are encouraged to contact the CEO, Catherine Burnham, for an informal chat cburnham@olicatschools.org.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 20th May at the Trust Offices in Northampton.
All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS clearance in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy.
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
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.
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