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Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £54,971 (Level one) rising to £58,261 'pro rata for part-time'

Location: Nottingham Schools Trust

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Nottingham Schools Trust is a private company limited by guarantee. It was established in 2017 and has been commissioned since then to support school improvement in NCC maintained primary and special schools (31). There are also 2 standalone academies who benefit from the school improvement programme. The organisation is in a period of transition and there is an exciting time ahead as the organisation evolves to best support the schools in the NST in learning from research and collaboration from within our organisation and external specialism too.

As a group of schools, we want to collaborate on supporting school improvement through building on efficiencies within the trust to best support every child attending our schools in a challenging financial landscape. As such we are seeking someone who can work under their own initiative to support senior leaders within our school settings in evaluating the quality of our services and processes so that we align best value and economies across the NST.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is efficient, a strong communicator and wants to be part of supporting the NST vision of school improvement that is "Run for schools, by schools." We want to champion the children of Nottingham City - celebrate the diversity that exists amongst our school communities and enable staff in every setting to collaborate effectively to sustain improvement impacting on the life chances of pupils. The NST is built on the concept of collaboration rather than competition and there are well-established networks and systems which support the cycle of school improvement that currently exists. The successful applicant would work alongside the Managing Director of the Nottingham Schools Trust (NST) to initiate and deliver a range of school improvement projects and programmes and would be critical in maintaining the success of our unique collaborative.

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At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Nicky Bridges - Interim NST Managing Director & Nottingham City Director of School Improvement by email at ManagingDirector@nottinghamschoolstrust.org.uknottinghamschoolstrust.org.uk/.

Closing Date: 21/7/2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: 30/7/2025

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.