Partnership Director: Primary

About this role

We are seeking to recruit an inspirational
colleague to the role of Partnership Director: Primary. This role is of great importance to our work
as an organisation.

GORSE has been extremely careful regarding its
growth over the course of the last decade.
Taking into account projects which have been approved by government, we
know that our trust will be made up of 16 establishments in the near future. In addition to this, we also operate GORSE
SCITT and Leeds Teaching School Hub, important establishments in their own
right. Ensuring that each element of the
trust, including the central team, performs at its best to ensure all children,
especially those whose who are disadvantaged, have the opportunity to secure
the Gift of Choice, is the central mission of GORSE. Within our organisation we have established a
long standing culture of excellence where ‘high challenge, high support’ is
commonplace. You will be joining an
established team of highly-skilled Partnership Directors, overseen by our
Senior Partnership Director. The team
provides essential leadership support, giving strength to our work as a central
team, ensuring that we are able to achieve excellence in all areas of our
practice throughout the trust. The
successful candidate will work collaboratively as part of the established
Partnership Director team and will report directly to the Executive Principal:
Primary and the Senior Partnership Director.

The Partnership Director: Primary’s remit will
be centred on ensuring that our primary schools are increasingly effective and
enjoyable places to learn and to work. In order to achieve
this the successful postholder will have well established expertise in all
aspects of primary education. Strong
experience in Early Years and Foundation Stage and Special Educational Needs
will be very important in this role along with a detailed understanding of how
to expertly develop children’s confidence and ability in English and
mathematics. The ability to be
dynamic, resilient, tenacious and passionate are a necessity in the role of
Partnership Director alongside working within GORSE’s values of Diligence,
Integrity, Rectitude and Kindness.

It is essential the successful candidate is appropriately
experienced and already operating at a senior level within education. Furthermore,
the successful applicant will demonstrate the ability to initiate and manage positive change and
will have a strong track record of performance.
This will include positively impacting upon the work of other
professionals over a sustained period of time.