We wish to appoint two experienced senior leaders to help us deliver educational excellence and effectiveness across the 155 Church of England schools and academies that belong to the household of faith in the Diocese of Chichester.

We are looking for one School Effectiveness Officer to provide support to schools in East Sussex and another to schools in Mid/West Sussex. Both roles are offered as full-time positions, however we are happy to receive applications from candidates who may be looking for a 0.8 role.

Our vision for Education is to be “deeply Christian, serving the common good.” We are seeking new team members who can support the development of school improvement and Christian distinctiveness provision across our Church of England schools and academies.

The principal duties include:

• Providing advice and support to school leaders on strategies for improvement and raising standards in church schools

• Developing effective processes for school improvement based on monitoring, review and evaluation principles.
• Supporting church schools and academies in their preparation for and response to Ofsted and SIAMS inspections.
• Advising school leaders on the development of the distinctive Christian character and the promotion of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development in the life of their schools and academies.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced Headteacher with a record of delivering school improvement and educational excellence.
• Be a practising Christian and committed to the role that church schools play in the formal education and raising of standards.
• Have the ability to build strong professional relationships, have challenging conversations and hold senior school leaders to account with sensitivity and understanding.
• Show evidence of good leadership and organisational skills and have the ability to prioritise tasks, risks and opportunities.

For full details of the job please see the job description and person specification.

What we offer:

• We offer a salary of £55,000-£58,000 per annum depending on qualifications and experience for 37.5 hours per week or a pro-rata salary of £44,000-£46,400pa for 30 hours per week (0.8 contract).

• One of our core values is flexibility. We offer flexi-time and the opportunity to apply to use the DBF’s remote working policy to work from home for part of the week.

• 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and two privilege days per year or a 0.8 pro-rata equivalent.

• Membership of the Church Worker’s Pension Scheme with a 15.1% employer contribution and an employee contribution between 0-6%.

• Free parking, and the ride to work scheme and development opportunities

As an employer, and as a Church House team, our mutual values at work are to be Respectful, Professional, Flexible and Supportive.

Chichester DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment and to comply with the relevant safeguarding policy. Our full safeguarding policy can be found here.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and completion of the Church of England Confidential Declaration Form.

To understand how the information you supply in your Confidential Declaration Form is used and your rights with respect to that data please read our privacy notice.

The post will involve travelling around the Diocese, some evening work and occasional work at weekends.

Please note this is post to which a Genuine Occupational Requirement under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act applies, the requirement being that the post holder is a practising Christian.

For an information conversation about the role please contact the Deputy Director of Education, Ruth Cumming (ruth.cumming@chichester.anglican.org).

Please apply via Pathways by midnight on Sunday 22^nd June 2025.

Interviews will be held at Church House, Hove on 11^th July 2025.

For more information about the Education Team at the Diocese of Chichester please visit https://schools.chichester.anglican.org/