Executive Director of Partnerships

Base location – Negotiable, including hybrid working and some attendance at NIoT Head Office in Blackburn

This is a unique opportunity to join the National Institute of Teaching at the start of its journey as a newly formed organisation. The Institute will boost the quality of teacher and leader development nationally by generating and interpreting research, applying the insights to the design and delivery of high-quality teacher and school leader development programmes, and sharing it with the sector.

The Executive Director of Partnerships will lead the National Institute of Teaching’s Partnership Department, ensuring that it develops strong relationships with system stakeholders, influencers and professional bodies to allow it to deliver its vision. Their wider department will lead on delivery partnerships, sales, recruitment, communications and marketing to ensure the Institute meets its delivery KPIs and effectively supports the system. The Institute is school-led at heart and the Executive Director of Partnerships will be key in ensuring this is a driving factor in the approaches taken. 

The role-holder will be a key member of the Institute’s Executive Leadership Team. As a new organisation, the successful candidate will be responsible for establishing effective and innovative practices as the organisation moves from establishment and mobilisation to delivery.

The Institute is run by the School-Led Development Trust, a charity, founded by four of the country’s leading school trusts: the Harris Federation, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Oasis Community Learning and Star Academies, and supported by the Department for Education. We are building a school-led movement, strengthening relationships and collaboration across the system.

For further information, please visit blog.niot.org.uk/ 

Closing date: 19th August 2022

Shortlisting: w/c 22nd August 2022

First round interviews: w/c 29th August 2022

Final Interviews: w/c 5th and/or 11th September 2022