Senior Quality Improvement Officer

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Your Role

Gosforth Group isseekingan exceptional and experienced system leader to join our Executive Education Team asSenior Quality Improvement Officer. This is a key strategic role at thecentreof our mission to ensure every child across our academies is supportedtoAchieve, Belong and Thrive.

Working in close collaboration with Executive Heads,Principalsand senior leadersacross Gosforth Group academies, you will lead on curriculum development, safeguardingcultureand quality assurance. You will provide expert support and challenge to ensure consistently strong provision, high-qualityteachingand excellent outcomes for all pupils, while ensuring that all schools are confidently inspection-ready.

You will also contribute to wider Trust development, including post-16 provision and income generation through external partnerships,trainingand system leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion Gosforth Group's vision and values, promoting excellence,inclusionand equity across all academies.
• Lead the development and implementation of the Trust's curriculum strategy, ensuring ambitious and coherentprovisionfor all learners.
• Drive a strong,proactivesafeguarding culture across the Trust, working closely with school leaders,Governorsand partners.
• Contribute to Trust-wide quality assurance and ensure all academies are prepared for inspection.
• Work alongside leaders and teachers to support innovative, high-quality teaching and learning.
• Use data,researchand professionalexpertisetoidentifypriorities and secure sustained school improvement.
• Support the development of senior leadership capacity across the Trust.
• Contribute to the development of Gosforth Group Sixth Form, including academic and vocational pathways.
• Provide clear, impactful reporting to senior leaders,Trusteesand Governors.
• Support Trust income generation through inspection, consultancy,trainingand partnership work.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You will be a highly credible senior leader with current Ofsted inspection experience and a strongtrack recordof delivering sustained improvement across secondary education. You will bring deep curriculumexpertise, strategicinsightand the ability to lead change at scale.

You will be:

• Values-driven, principled and committed to improving life chances for all pupils
• Strategic,resilientand confident in offering both support and challenge at senior levels
• Passionate about safeguarding,inclusionand educational excellence
• A collaborative system leader, able to build strong relationships and influence across multiple settings

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• A competitive salary - as an accredited Living Wage Employer, you're guaranteed a wage that meets, and often exceeds, the real cost of living.
• Generous annual leave
• Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals
• Enthusiastic and motivated students
• An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development
• A school with its community at heart
• Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This role requires regular travel across Gosforth Group academies and flexibility to support Trust priorities.

An enhanced DBS check and all safer recruitment checks arerequired.

Gosforth Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, or you are unable to complete the online application form and require this in another format please contact us by email: recruitment@gosforthgroup.org.uk or telephone: 0191 429 9797, option 4 .

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date.

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Safeguarding Information

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide and you can view our Policy on the Employment of Ex-offenders on our website within Trust Policies.

Gosforth Group are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. References will be requested prior to interview for those candidates shortlisted. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant pre-employment checks.