Managing Director
HFL Education
Stevenage
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 29 September 2016
Job overview
Herts for Learning Ltd (HfL) is the largest schools company in the UK. We provide flexible, high quality, school improvement, leadership and business support to schools and education settings across Hertfordshire and beyond. Our mission is to raise standards and improve teaching and learning, making a difference to children’s lives. As a not for profit company, we reinvest in the common good by improving existing services, investing in new ones and contributing to the agendas that matter most across our schools and education settings.
HfL has established a strong track record since its inception in 2013, with over 90% of Hertfordshire schools now Ofsted rated as good or outstanding, well above the national average. We generate an annual income in excess of £20m and employ over 300 staff.
We are seeking to appoint a highly strategic, entrepreneurial and commercially astute Managing Director to lead the company through a period of change, ensuring continued outstanding delivery of services whilst pursuing new and exciting opportunities for growth in an increasingly competitive climate.
Accountable to the Board, this role presents an opportunity to develop the HfL business and extend our reach through new market and service development. You will bring a track record of successful leadership and proven business acumen. You will ideally bring experience of delivering services to the education sector or related sectors – whatever your background, you will be passionate about supporting schools and young people to succeed. You will be committed to promoting equality of opportunity, both within the company, and in supporting children to achieve their potential, regardless of background.
To find out more please visit www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe29321 or contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson: Elliott Rae on 020 7426 3964 or Carolyn Coates on 0121 644 5705 for a confidential discussion.
Closing date: noon on 30 September 2016.
Attached documents
About HFL Education
- HFL Education
- Roberston House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage
- Hertfordshire
- SG1 2FQ
- United Kingdom
HFL Education (formerly Herts for Learning) (HFL) is an award-winning provider of products and services to schools and educational settings within and outside Hertfordshire.
We believe that every young person, through access to a great education, should be able to realise their potential, regardless of where they live or their circumstances. Our work is focused on supporting the schools we work with to achieve successful long-term outcomes for their children. HFL is the UK’s largest school company, operates with a not-for-profit ethos and is majority owned by Hertfordshire schools. Beyond maintaining sufficient reserves and financing long-term projects, any surplus made is invested in the common good and/or the development of specific new services to address key challenges for our shareholding schools. Since our inception in 2013 we have reinvested nearly £1million in activities that would not otherwise have attracted funding.
Our purpose
We believe that every young person, through access to a great education, should be able to realise their potential, regardless of where they live, their background or circumstances.
Our vision
As a school owned and led social enterprise, we aim to work with every school, setting and trust in Hertfordshire, providing a full range of high-quality products, services, and training to support them to deliver a great education. All our services will deliver demonstrable impact. We will extend our reach through the digital delivery of selected services on a national basis, aiming to generate 20% of revenues outside of Hertfordshire by 24/25. To broaden our position and extend our scope, we are committed to partnering with organisations that share our values and whose services deliver demonstrable impact..
Our values
Our company values define how we want to be perceived by others:
- Trusted
- Inspirational
- Collaborative.
HFL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We encourage you to view our Anti-racist position statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will expect you to be prepared to discuss unconscious bias with us; we find these conversations more than any others give us all a good idea of what working together will be like.
To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.
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