Executive Director of Programmes

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 Programmes will be accountable for the design, development, and delivery of the ‘golden thread’ programmes. They will also be accountable for the recruitment of programme members, for ensuring that their experience is of high quality and for ensuring the impact of the programmes on their professional practice. 

They will oversee significant academic processes, including the validation of qualifications with partners and the process for becoming a university.  They will ensure that the programmes are coherent and producing high quality learning which impacts upon pupil and school achievement as well as developing the individual. They will ensure that the school-led approach flows through all programmes at every level, and that research and evidence are embedded in our work.

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