Chief Digital Transformation & Data Officer

Northern Education Trust; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Education Trust is seeking an Executive Director of Digital Transformation & IT to lead a multi-year digital and data strategy across its network of academies. You will align systems, infrastructure and insight, turning data into intelligence for leaders and teachers while driving AI initiatives and safeguarding governance.

You will oversee budgeting, procurement and major supplier contracts, while embodying the trust's safeguarding commitments and ensuring first-day benefits for new

Qualifications

• Strategic digital leadership experience at scale.
• Ability to build analytics capability for non-technical leaders.
• Experience with AI governance and ethics.

Responsibilities

• Set the multi-year digital, data and educational technology strategy for the trust.
• Line-manage the director of IT & infrastructure and trust digital/data teams.
• Turn assessment, attendance and progress data into actionable intelligence for leaders and teachers.
• Lead AI strategy from policy to pilots, reducing workload and personalising learning.
• Ensure cyber resilience and compliance with DfE Digital and Technology Standards across all academies.

Skills

Executive leadership

Data analytics

AI strategy

Cyber security

Education

Degree in ICT or related field

Experience in education/public sector

Tools

Data governance

Job description

Northern Education Trust is seeking an Executive Director of Digital Transformation & IT to lead a multi-year digital and data strategy across its network of academies. You will align systems, infrastructure and insight, turning data into intelligence for leaders and teachers while driving AI initiatives and safeguarding governance.

You will oversee budgeting, procurement and major supplier contracts, while embodying the trust's safeguarding commitments and ensuring first-day benefits for new