Trustee/Director

Boards for Education; United Kingdom; Remote; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunity

Build a non-executive portfolio

Make a tangible impact in education

Job summary

A UK-based multi-academy trust is seeking a dedicated volunteer to serve as the Chair of Trustees. This role involves ensuring a clear vision and direction, holding executive leaders accountable, and overseeing financial performance to improve educational outcomes for young people. This opportunity offers meaningful benefits such as contributing to community education, gaining valuable senior decision-making experience, and enhancing your non-executive portfolio. Further details can be found in the vacancy pack linked below.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior-level decision-making.
• Understanding of educational performance and holding leaders to account.

Responsibilities

• Ensure clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction.
• Hold executive leaders to account for educational performance.
• Oversee the organisation’s financial performance.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Job description

Danes Educational Trust (DET) is a values‑led multi‐academy trust dedicated to “making the difference together” for pupils, staff and communities. The Trust are looking for the right volunteer to step into the role of Chair of Trustees. With a family of 13 primary, secondary and technical schools across Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, the Trust champions world‑class education that nurtures curious, creative and courageous learners, supports staff to flourish, and strengthens local schools through collaboration, innovation and excellence.

Danes Educational Trust exists to develop optimistic, resilient learners and empowered staff, working in partnership to deliver educational excellence at the heart of its communities. Guided by values of joy, optimism, wellbeing, equality and safety, the Trust is committed to making a lasting difference for every child and community it serves.

Skills

• Strategic Leadership
• Type of establishment: Multi‑academy trust

What does the role include?

As a trustee/director your key responsibilities are to ensure clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction; to hold executive leaders to account – both for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and to oversee the organisation’s financial performance to ensure its funds are directed to the best possible educational outcomes for young people. By volunteering as a trustee/director you will be responsible for contributing to the strategic decision‑making of the board, helping the trust to realise immediate and long‑term goals, and ultimately ensuring transparency, accountability, and challenge. *Please note that this role is for the Chair of Trustees, further details are available about the role in the vacancy pack linked below.

What are the benefits?

Volunteering on an academy trust board is a meaningful way to shape young people’s futures and strengthen education in your community. Trustees play a vital role in setting strategic direction and holding executive leaders to account – ensuring schools deliver the best outcomes. Aside from making a tangible impact, you’ll gain valuable experience in senior‑level decision‑making. This is a great opportunity to support your career development, build a non‑executive portfolio, and give back to education.

Further information:

You can also find out more public information about the Trust on the Get Information About Schools Page https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search?SelectedTab=Groups. Danes Educational Trust reference number is 16254. The following webpage also provides useful information and reading to any potential trustee: https://governorsforschools.org.uk/trs/resources-for-academy-trustees/. If you have any questions before applying, please contact our Trustee Recruitment Team on [e-mail]. Please click here to view the vacancy pack.