Trustee
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership, Chelmsford, CM1 2QE22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
26 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- Pro Bono
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Title:Trustee
Location:Chelmsford Learning Partnership
Type:Voluntary
Are you interested in shaping educational outcomes in Chelmsford? Are you interested in contributing to ensure high standards of achievement for children in school? Are you interested in helping us develop our strategic direction and vision?
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership (CLP) is a dynamic and forward-thinking Multi Academy Trust dedicated to providing high-quality education and fostering a supportive learning environment for all students. Our Trust comprises of eight schools, each committed to excellence and innovation in education.
Our Family of Schools:
- Barnes Farm Primary School
- Lakelands Primary School
- Perryfields Infant School
- Roding Valley High School
- The Beaulieu Park School
- The Boswells School
- The Tyrrells Primary School
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership continues to grow, with three new schools set to join the Trust in the coming months. Runwell Community Primary School will join on April 1st 2025, followed by Rettendon Primary School and Woodville Primary School on May 1st 2025.
As one of Essex’s largest and most successful Multi-Academy Trusts, we are seeking a passionate and dedicated individual to join our Board of Trustees. As a Trustee, you will play a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of our Trust, ensuring that we continue to deliver outstanding educational outcomes and uphold our values.
Vision and Ethos:
Our vision for our schools is a simple one. We believe that, as a collective of schools, we are stronger together and that by working together we provide an outstanding education for every child in our family of schools. We also believe it is important for schools in our trust to keep their individual identity and all our schools operate with their own autonomous Headteachers, leadership teams, staff, and Local Governing Bodies; each with their own ethos that makes every school in our trust unique.
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership wants to continue to raise education standards and outcomes. We are looking to appoint a Non-Executive Director, with previous leadership experience in an education setting, to join the Trust Board. The ideal individual will have a passion for education and provide the Trust with the highest levels of governance. The successful candidates will need to have a variety of experiences in holding executive leadership to account. Insights are required from a wide range of backgrounds to ensure that the Board can make informed choices on the decisions that may impact the lives of children in our schools, however, desirable experience would include safeguarding knowledge, school performance, curriculum planning and delivery, assessment and improvement, staffing, admissions and engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership and governance to the Trust.
- Ensure the Trust's vision, mission, and values are upheld.
- Monitor and evaluate the Trust's performance and impact.
- Support and challenge the executive team to achieve the Trust's objectives.
- Ensure financial stability and sustainability.
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust, promoting its work and values.
Person Specification:
- A strong commitment to education and improving outcomes for all students.
- Experience in governance, leadership, or strategic planning.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and constructively with others.
- Integrity, impartiality, and a commitment to the highest standards of governance.
- Experience and background in the education sector is desirable.
Terms of Office
- Trustees are appointed for a term of 4 years, with the possibility of reappointment for a further term.
How to Apply:To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to Miss Becky Doust (Director of Governance, Compliance and Risk) atrdoust@clptrust.com.
For more information about our Trust and the role, please contact Miss Becky Doust (Director of Governance, Compliance and Risk) atrdoust@clptrust.com.
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
- Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
- The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.
As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.
In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits:
- The opportunity to make a significant impact on the education and lives of young people.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- The chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team.
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 are not accepted.
About The Chelmsford Learning Partnership
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- gtravers@clptrust.com
Arranging a visit to The Chelmsford Learning Partnership
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gtravers@clptrust.com.
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