Overview

Partnership Learning is seeking an enthusiastic, committed IT/digital specialist with a strong track record in digital implementation and innovation to be a key member of the central leadership team of a thriving multi-academy trust at a significant stage in its development and growth. This is an exceptional opportunity and will provide excellent scope for widening and deepening professional skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a Digital/ICT strategy aligned with the Trust's overall goals and priorities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop and implement plans to enhance services, improve efficiency and encourage innovation through greater use of digital solutions.
• Lead and develop the Trust’s ICT Support Service.
• Contribute to the Trust’s wider overall strategic planning.

Qualifications and Requirements

Flexible individual with strong team leadership and customer-focused skills. Requires high levels of technical ICT competency across hardware, software and networking. Ability to manage a large, established ICT support service and to take a strategic lead on maximising the impact of digital solutions across all Trust activities. Experience in an educational setting is beneficial, but ICT/Digital professionals from similar environments are welcome to apply.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Local government pension scheme
• Car user allowance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• Supportive and collaborative working environment
• Salary on Partnership Learning Senior Leadership Scale, range £99,030 – £118,635, with incremental progression
• Terms and Conditions closely follow those for equivalent Local Government posts

Details

Contract; Full-time, Permanent. Locations: Central Trust offices/Trust school and client sites/Remote working as appropriate. Apply by 12 Noon on Monday 3rd November 2025. Interviews during week of 10th November 2025. Start Date: Jan 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

About Partnership Learning

Partnership Learning is a growing multi-academy trust which currently has 20 schools – primary, secondary, all-through, special and UTC - serving circa 15,000 pupils, in Hillingdon, Barking and Dagenham, Southend, Havering and Waltham Forest. The Trust focuses on enabling autonomy at school level and aims to develop a coherent Digital Strategy, converge digital services and promote best-practice ICT/Digital use in classrooms, administration, and central Trust operations.

Partnership Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal record check via DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check, will be undertaken on all applicants.