Deputy Chief Executive Officer For The Diocese Of Salisbury Academy Trust

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Wiltshire, United Kingdom
On-site
System leader
Values-driven professional
Champion inclusion and safeguarding
The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust is seeking a Deputy Chief Executive Officer who will collaborate with the CEO to lead the Trust's improvement strategy across schools in Wiltshire and Dorset. The ideal candidate should be a values-driven leader with significant experience in school improvement, capable of championing inclusion and safeguarding while fostering a strong Christian ethos

Job Summary

  • As Deputy CEO you will bring significant experience of influencing improvement in multiple settings, strategic clarity, moral purpose and practical know-how to translate this vision into sustained impact for pupils and staff every day.
  • Lead the Trust’s improvement strategy and quality assurance, ensuring rapid, secure improvement wherever it is needed most.
  • Serve as the Trust’s Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring our policy, training and practice meet the highest standards and current legislation.

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The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust is seeking a Deputy Chief Executive Officer who will collaborate with the CEO to lead the Trust's improvement strategy across schools in Wiltshire and Dorset. The ideal candidate should be a values-driven leader with significant experience in school improvement, capable of championing inclusion and safeguarding while fostering a strong Christian ethos.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • system leader
  • values-driven professional
  • champion inclusion and safeguarding
  • Christian vision and ethos
  • school-improvement leader
  • Ofsted and SIAMS understanding

Nice-to-have

  • relentless energy
  • strategic clarity
  • moral purpose
  • practical know-how
  • resilient optimism and integrity

Key Requirements

  • successful headship or senior executive experience across more than one school
  • strong personal alignment with the Christian ethos

Work Rights

Not specified

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