Head of IT and Digital Strategy

This full-time Head of IT and Digital Strategy post sits in the central team of Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, with schools in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The postholder sets a multi-year digital roadmap, defines what excellence looks like across the trust and leads a team while staying hands-on in the early stages. Regular travel between schools means a vehicle is needed, plus occasional evening meetings.

Enhanced DBS and right to work in the UK are required, and visa sponsorship is not available.

• Define what excellence in digital looks like across ODST
• Set out and deliver a multi-year digital roadmap for change and improvement
• Understand ODST's current digital position and plan the route to where it needs to be
• Lead and manage teams through the early stages of the digital journey
• Shape digital integration, resilience and future planning across schools
• Drive measurable impact in ODST schools through digital change
• Travel regularly across ODST schools in Oxfordshire and Berkshire
• Attend evening meetings on occasion

• Visionary approach motivated by impact
• Ability to form teams and bring them along
• Willingness to get stuck in alongside managing

• Full enhanced DBS check
• Right to work in the UK
• Access to a vehicle for regular travel

• 38 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (defined benefit)
• Opportunities for professional development
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Some scope for working from home
• Working environment on the site of a convent