Unity Schools Partnership IT Director Location: Hybrid Homeworking / travel to all Unity School Partnership locations required Start date: As soon as possible Salary: Chief Officers pay scale £79,829 to £86,280 per annum (Local Government Pension Scheme, holiday entitlement starts at 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays) Contract type: Full time, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Contract term: Permanent We are seeking an exceptional IT Director to shape and lead the IT strategy for our growing Multi-Academy Trust, a network of 40 plus schools committed to delivering outstanding education and transforming lives. This is a pivotal role at the intersection of education, innovation, and technology. As a senior leader, you will drive the development and delivery of a trust-wide IT strategy, ensuring robust, secure, and future-proofed infrastructure that supports teaching, learning, and operational excellence. You will work closely with executive leaders, school leaders, and external partners to implement a IT strategy to enhance efficiency and improve teaching and learning to ensure our digital ecosystem empowers every student and staff member. You will work closely with Procurement to driver optimum value for money for IT. You will be responsible for leading and managing the IT Services Function to deliver outstanding service to staff, students and the Central Team. You will bring a combination of technical, managerial, and interpersonal skills. With an excellent knowledge of the technology environment, ideally within education. Dependant on experience an additional responsibility for GDPR/ Data Protection Officer (DPO) may be included for the right candidate, but this is not a requirement. If this applies you would be responsible for leading and managing the strategic and operational delivery of data protection and privacy compliance across the Trust and act as the Trust's Data Protection Officer (DPO). In return we will offer: Job satisfaction through making a positive impact on our pupils' lives Friendly and supportive working environment Family friendly policies Supportive and positive management Investment in your training and development Wellbeing and staff benefit packages Unity Schools Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust of 40 schools and growing, the trust expects its work to be characterised by ethical leadership, an ambition for improvement at pace and the expectation that remarkable improvements can be achieved. If you are ambitious and keen to work in a family of schools committed to these values, please consider applying for the post. For more information about Unity Schools Partnership please visit www.unitysp.co.uk Closing Date: 09:00am, 26th September 2025 Interview Date: week commencing 29th September 2025 (Haverhill CB9 8QP) If you would like an informal discussion prior to submitting your application, please contact Sarah Garner, Interim CEO on 07526 422555 or email sgarner@unitysp.co.uk. Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site. We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you'd prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we'll facilitate this wherever we can - whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We're keen to ensure we're designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups. Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required. Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity. Closing Date 2025-09-26