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Job Title: Trust Data Manager
Job Location: Four Stones Gateway Trust (based in one of the schools in the Trust, with regular travel to all other schools.)
Salary: PO1-PO3 (point range 28-39) £39,152 - £50,269 commensurate with skills and experience
Closing Date: Monday 15 December @ 10:00am
Interview Date: Thursday 18 December
Are you ready to make a difference in an organisation where ambition, collaboration, and innovation drive every decision?
About the role:
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking Trust Data Manager who can place data at the heart of school improvement. This role is to provide comprehensive data management and reporting services; however, it is about more than managing numbers – it is about transforming how data drives decision making in our Trust.
We want someone who can deliver sharp, timely insights and develop innovative ways to share and interpret data for diverse audiences. They will lead the creation of modern, commercially polished overviews that make data meaningful and actionable, helping us to shape practice across the Trust. A key part of this role will be to build a collaborative network with in-school data leads, supporting and enhancing their work at a local level. Experience with Arbor or a similar MIS platform is essential, along with the ability to learn and maximise its potential.
This post is permanent, 37 hours per week and a full-year contract (all year round). This role reports to the Director of Curriculum and Learning with strong links to leaders of the Trust and its individual schools. There are school-based data teams who execute the operational data function in the Trust. The role will be based in one of the schools in the Trust and involve regular travel to all the other schools.
Why join us?
We recognise that successful people place value on the range of benefits associated with their careers. As your future employer we place value on these too, that is why we are proud to offer:
1. Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
2. Automatic pay progression for those on our support staff pay ranges, within the point range for the role
3. Access to a range of paid special leave provisions to help with life’s emergencies, unpredictable events and significant occasions.
4. Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
5. Recommend a Friend Scheme available for some of our hard to fill roles
6. Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers for DSE users and flu vaccinations
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Access to shopping and lifestyle discounts
About Us:
At Four Stones Gateway Trust, we believe that our students deserve to experience the best and we do this most effectively by working together. As a family of like-minded schools, we collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practices, and continuously learn from each other to create a thriving, high-performance environment.
Our work is driven by our core values - Ambition, Commitment, Creativity, and Integrity - which are at the heart of everything we do. Our Trust Dividends underpin our commitment to excellence, ensuring opportunity and success for all, with a focus on transforming lives through education.
We deeply value our staff and their development and strive to create an environment where every member of our team can grow, thrive, and make a real difference. We recognise that successful people place value on the range of benefits associated with their careers including receiving professional recognition, commensurate financial reward, job satisfaction, opportunity to innovate and a balanced approach to work and personal time.
As part of our Trust, you will have:
9. Opportunities to be part of a collaborative culture whereby you are part of a network where schools and staff work together to excel.
10. Quality resources and a rich environment, to enable you to develop a personalised approach for every student you teach or support.
11. A culture of lifelong learning, emphasising professional growth where your own ambitions are actively encouraged and supported.
12. A safe and positive physical and psychological environment that welcomes diversity and actively promotes wellbeing.
Your application:
Diversity, equality and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer, and all qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law.
We are also fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. As part of our requirements under Keeping Children Safe in Education pre-employment checks we will undertake. This role has the opportunity for regular contact with our children and young people and therefore this position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and an enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert at any point.
Safeguarding Statement
Four Stones Gateway Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.