CEO

Trustees are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer to lead Veritas Multi Academy Trust. We are looking for an inspirational leader with a breadth of experience in educational leadership. We want you to build on our established vision to make learning irresistible for all.

Our trust has three primary schools based in Deal, Canterbury and Folkestone. Our trust ethos is to grow a community of schools that work together to be innovative, inclusive and inspirational. As a result, our trust has a strong reputation in the community and is recognised as an Academy Sponsor by the Department for Education. Above all, we want our children, staff and communities to feel the excitement that education brings. This is achieved through an outward-facing culture where research-informed practice informs our strategic vision.

As CEO of the trust, you will use well-established coaching skills to motivate school leaders to provide an outstanding quality of education within their schools. We want you to be outward-facing and connect with schools, trust leaders and educational organisations that will strengthen and inspire you in your role. Building on our established culture of research-informed practice, we want you to be both interested in and knowledgeable about educational research, using this to inform your practice and inspire others. We want you to have an ambitious drive to grow our trust, gathering like-minded schools that have a culture of irresistible learning at their heart.

In order to assure the best outcomes for all pupils, you will undertake the role of accounting officer for the trust. In this role, you will be expected to work with the Trust Business Manager to ensure the business functions of the trust are highly effective. This will involve knowledge of the Academy Trust Handbook and an active role in monitoring the financial systems and risk management. You will also be expected to have a strong understanding of safeguarding in order to ensure schools leaders uphold their responsibility to maintain a culture of safeguarding for all pupils.

As our CEO we will provide you with a talent pathway that will develop your knowledge and skills as a system leader and build your network of support as an inspirational leader.

For further details about the post, including an applicant pack, please visit the trust website by clicking here.

Closing Date: 21 January 2022

Interviews w/b 7 February 2022