North London & Portsmouth Regional Director

Reports to: Director of Education
Start date: Flexible depending on the successful candidate
Location: London, with some travel to Portsmouth  Closing date: Friday 3rd October at 10am

A bout the role:
Ark Schools seeks to appoint a new Regional Director to lead the North London and Portsmouth region and take responsibility for some aspects of the network’s long-term strategy. This rare opportunity arises from the promotion of our existing Regional Director and offers the successful candidate the chance to join one of the country’s most successful MATs at an exciting point in our journey. As Ark embarks on our new ten-year strategy, the successful candidate will play an integral role in shaping and delivering a compelling vision for education over the coming years.

Our schools are currently organised into five regions – Birmingham, Hastings, London Primaries, North London & Portsmouth and South London – each led by a Regional Director. The successful candidate will be an exceptional leader with a track record of delivering great outcomes, be aligned with the Ark mission and be able to lead and inspire principals and central colleagues.

We welcome and encourage confidential conversations about the role from suitable candidates. If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please contact our Head of Talent, Lexy di Marco, at [email protected] 

To apply, please submit an application via the Ark recruitment portal by Friday 3rd October . If you have any questions, concerns or time constraints with applying please contact us directly.    

For more information about the role and Ark, please view the full job pack.     
About us:
Ark is an education charity and one of the country’s most successful multi-academy trusts. Our network of 39 schools reaches traditionally underserved communities in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. We educate 30,000 pupils and have nearly 3,000 teaching staff across our network. Each of our schools has its own ethos and distinctive character, reflecting its local community, but they all share the same mission: to make sure that all children, regardless of their background, have access to a great education and real choices in life. We also incubate and scale innovative ventures, which we roll out beyond our network of schools for the benefit of teachers, pupils and the education system as a whole. Current Ventures include Ark Curriculum Plus, which equips teachers with the subject expertise needed to ensure students succeed, and Ark Start, a growing chain of nurseries offering affordable, high-quality early years education.

Recently, Ark moved to new offices at EdCity – a unique not-for-profit development in West London, in partnership with Hammersmith & Fulham council. EdCity is designed to bring mission-aligned organisations together to focus on improving the lives of children, especially through education. It offers leased offices, a range of venues for training and events, and an innovation hub for the education sector to connect, collaborate and learn together.

Safeguarding statement:    
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.       

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.