Chief Technology Officer

Trafford & Stockport College Group - Chief Technology Officer

Permanent | South Manchester, Cheshire | Highly Competitive

Trafford & Stockport College Group is a dynamic educational group formed through strategic mergers to create an organisation that serves the educational needs of young people, adults and businesses extensively across the boroughs of Stockport and Trafford. Collaborating closely with employers, the group is at the forefront of meeting the changing national and regional skills agenda with a clear focus on widening participation and student engagement aligned to economic prosperity.

To help facilitate this agenda, the group has created the post of Chief Technology Officer
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The group is seeking a highly accomplished technology professional to lead the strategic digital and IT agenda for the group, to enhance the learning experience whilst building the capacity and capability to ensure the group’s long term sustainability. The successful candidate will deliver a solutions focused function, through the transformation and modernisation of infrastructure, whilst leading on the use of emerging technologies, cybersecurity and business intelligence to underpin the group’s curriculum provision and student experience.

We are seeking an experienced leader with extensive knowledge of using technology to transform operational performance with a keen strategic mindset to align the overall technology agenda against the group’s vision and mission. You will be highly customer centric (student, staff, employers) in your outlook, have a clear capacity to shape agendas both internally and externally and have the leadership skills to transform thinking and secure buy-in for change.

To find out more and details on how to apply, please review the candidate brief below. For a confidential discussion, please call john Dodd: or email at

The closing date for applications is 24th March 2025
. Assignment reference DPO
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