Development Coach for high-potential school leaders

Could you coach the next generation of outstanding school leaders?

National education charity, Ambition School Leadership, is recruiting coaches for its flagship leadership development programmes for middle and senior leaders working in schools in challenging contexts.

Development coaching is one of the most valuable aspects of our selective programmes, helping our school leaders to become reflective, impact-focused practitioners.

Delivered remotely, usually by telephone, coaching with Ambition School Leadership allows you to work from home and coach our middle leaders working in challenging contexts, wherever in England they may be.

Find out more about the role.

Coaching at Ambition School Leadership:

• Guarantees that our leadership development approach is bespoke, tailored to the context and the individual

• Ensures leaders are empowered to create their own solutions;

• Challenges leaders’ understanding and behaviour, transforming their effectiveness, leading to greater impact on pupil outcomes.

There are coaching roles available across three programmes:

• Teaching Leaders Primary: for high-potential middle leaders in primary schools, seeking coaches with experience of senior leadership in primary schools in challenging contexts

• Teaching Leaders Secondary: for high-potential middle leaders in secondary schools, seeking coaches with experience of senior leadership in secondary schools in challenging contexts

• Future Leaders: for high-potential senior leaders with the talent and commitment to reach headship within two to three years, seeking coaches with headship experience in primary or secondary schools in challenging contexts

Role Requirements

All Development Coaches must have:

• At least two years’ experience of senior leadership in an educational context and of working in challenging schools

• The adaptability to employ a variety of coaching models and techniques

• An enthusiasm for developing others

• Coaching experience and qualifications are desirable but not essential. Training and development for Development Coaches will be provided.

Find out more and apply

Visit our website or email coach.recruitment@ambitionschoolleadership.org.uk

Closing date: Friday 31 March 2017

Employer Information

Ambition School Leadership is a national education charity formed in November 2016 from The Future Leaders Trust and Teaching Leaders.

Too many children don’t achieve at school and can’t go on to realise their ambitions. Young people from disadvantaged communities are deprived of choices about their future.

Great school leaders can change this.

Effective leadership has a life-changing impact on pupils, but there aren’t enough skilled leaders in the schools that face the biggest challenges.

We are building a network of exceptional leaders at all levels in the schools that need them the most. We provide world-class leadership development and technical training to educators across England – from teachers aspiring to lead their department, to Chief Executives steering multiple schools, and all the crucial leadership roles in between.

We work with partners across the education sector to support the long-term improvement of schools in challenging contexts and offer a clear pathway of expert career progression for the most important job in the world. 

Find out more about Ambition School Leadership.