Curriculum Advisor - Visual Arts

We are now recruiting for a new post of Curriculum Advisor (Visual Arts). The successful candidate will be the lead professional in this curriculum area across the whole Trust, providing strategic support to subject and senior leaders. The role will focus on curriculum development and innovation in line with the best evidence-based research, our commitment to IB programmes and the Ofsted Framework. You will report directly to a Senior Curriculum Advisor and will be part of a team of fourteen Curriculum Advisors, each leading on a different curriculum area. You will be based at our Strood Head Office, but will inevitably want to spend a good deal of your time visiting our academies to provide the strategic support necessary to raise standards. 

We are looking for a curriculum expert in the full range of visual arts disciplines with superb subject and curriculum knowledge. You will be involved in supporting teachers and leaders to develop the quality of their curriculum across the full age range: primary and secondary. You will currently be an outstanding Head of Visual Arts or senior leader, such as Assistant Principal, with an excellent academic/professional background in these areas. The majority of your focus will be across our secondary academies, but you will be expected to spend a significant proportion of your time supporting our primary curriculum development in the designated subject area. You will be a high-performing professional with a strong commitment to raising standards across the board for young people. This is a really unique opportunity and one of the most exciting job opportunities for career progression and satisfaction in our Trust today. We look forward to appointing a dynamic individual with ideas, skills and dedication to make our visual arts curriculum even stronger.

The role itself offers superb career development and training opportunities for the successful candidate. Having proven yourself already as an excellent teacher and subject leader, you will be joining one of the UK’s largest and best-established multi-academy trusts with a subject brief across the whole organisation. Others will look to you for advice and expertise; the impact you can have in this post will be highly significant. Key responsibilities will focus on curriculum design, improving the quality of teaching and securing the best outcomes for pupils. We anticipate that most candidates will have aspirations for further career progression beyond the Curriculum Advisor position into senior leadership positions in one of our academies. We are extremely well-placed to assist you in achieving your ambitions based on excellent performance.

We wish to hear from you if you really want to change our education world and are:

• an enthusiastic, energetic and ambitious leader with a track record of success;
• a motivational and inspirational leader with high expectations of staff;
• confident and able to communicate a clear vision;
• approachable and keen to work with staff across the Trust to ensure wide success;
• able to develop excellent relationships with all stakeholders.

What we can offer you:

• a highly-competitive salary;
• an exciting LAT career path with opportunities for further progression
• access to a great range of employment benefits from day one. Click here to view the current benefits package, and be mindful that the list is always growing.

Click here for the full Recruitment Pack.

Naturally, we are seeking to appoint the best possible candidate and therefore the application process will reflect our desire to undertake all necessary measures to achieve this.

On the basis that interested candidates will be keen to discuss the post prior to application, you can arrange a call by contacting Kayleigh Goldstone (Administrator to Curriculum Advisors) - kayleigh.goldstone@latrust.org.uk. Please ensure you offer Kayleigh a range of dates when you are available in your initial email to ensure we can coordinate for you, the Academies Director, Emma Elwin and the Senior Curriculum Advisor.

Closing date: Monday 20th May 2024

Shortlisting date: Tuesday 21st May 2024

Interview date: Friday 24th May 2024

If you have any queries on amy aspect of the application process or need additional information, please contact Charlotte Herberts (LAT Talent Team) on charlotte.herberts@latrust.org.uk.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.