Chief Executive Officer

Job Summary

We are looking to appoint a strategic and pragmatic executive leader who can demonstrate their impact on a growing organisation from either within, or outside, the education sector.

The Chief Executive Officer is the Trust’s Senior Executive Leader and Accounting Officer and as such is accountable for both the educational and financial performance of the Trust. They are responsible for upholding the values of the Trust, articulating its vision and demonstrating its ethos of opportunity, diversity and success for all.

The successful applicant will:

• Provide leadership that enables the Trust to achieve its strategic objectives and secure its future sustainability.  
• Ensure the Trust has high quality, expert teaching in all the Trust’s schools, built on an evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how pupils learn.
• Ensure the organisation complies with all statutory and legal requirements including safeguarding and health and safety. 
• Ensure the Trust has high quality employment practices that promote equality, diversity and inclusion, including ethical practices of recruitment and retention of staff. 
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with the Trust Board recognising their key role in holding the CEO and executive team to account.
• In line with the Trust’s civic role, work with civic partners and stakeholders in the local area, region and/or nationally to contribute to the Public Good, ensuring the value of the child and coherent public service for children and families. 

Trust Overview

Maiden Erlegh Trust was established in 2014 and is a growing education community of six schools, comprising Primary, Secondary, Special and Alternative Provision establishments in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. In addition, we are privileged to have been approved to develop two further free schools, due to open in 2023 and our system leadership work extends beyond our own organisation through the Maiden Erlegh Institute.

You will find Maiden Erlegh Trust to be a place of opportunity, diversity and success for all, built upon values of inclusivity and high ambition for our entire community. 

This is an exciting time to join a forward-looking and growing organisation and we are seeking an exceptional candidate to lead us as we continue our quest for excellence in all that we do for the children and young people in our care.  

Location

The Trust Central Office is based within the grounds of Maiden Erlegh School, Earley, Reading. You will be required to work across all Trust school sites and working from home is also supported.

Applying for the job

For further information about the role and to find out more about Maiden Erlegh Trust, a recruitment pack is available here.

If you would like to discuss the role with the Chair of the Trust prior to application, this can be organised through our HR department via email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org 

All applications should be sent to recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org using the form provided. 

Additionally, prospective candidates should write a personal statement of no more than two sides of A4 (Arial 12pt) detailing how your knowledge, skills and behaviours align to the criteria in the person specification. 

Applications received which are not completed using the form provided may not be considered at shortlisting.  

Visits to our settings and interviews will be held face to face subject to any further government restrictions during the pandemic.

The deadline for applications is: 9am, Monday 14 February 2022 

Shortlisting will take place: Wednesday 16 February 2022 

School visits will take place (week commencing): 28 February 2022

Interviews will take place: Tuesday 15 March 2022

Maiden Erlegh Trust reserve the right to research applicants on social media platforms and the Internet, and the recruitment panel may take this information into consideration during the recruitment process. 

Maiden Erlegh Trust believes in ethical leadership organisation and we are committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare off learners and staff. We are also committed to being ambitious for all and supporting everyone to reach their full potential.  All employees of the school and Trust are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.