Head of Digital Transformation and IT

Windsor Academy Trust

Windsor Academy Trust
Head of Digital Transformation and IT
Competitive Salary
37 hours per week, all year round

About Windsor Academy Trust

Windsor Academy Trust (WAT) is a family of schools committed to unlocking students’
academic and personal potential. We put children at the centre of everything we do,
delivering excellent education to 7,000 students aged 2 to 18 driven by 1,000 committed,
inspiring and talented staff.

Established in 2011, our family has grown to nine successful schools. We currently have five
primary and four secondary schools. Our family reach will be expanding to include a new
secondary free school opening in September 2023 and we have further plans for growth.

We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved in our first 10 years. Through collaborative
leadership and future thinking, our vision is to continue to grow and provide the highest
quality education to enable every student to realise their potential. Building on our first 10
years and striving to reach new frontiers, we have developed a compelling new strategy that
is powering WAT into the second decade.

The Role

Windsor Academy Trust (WAT) is seeking to appoint an inspiring and visionary Head of
Digital Transformation and IT, to strategically lead and manage the Digital Technology and IT
infrastructure function across our trust.

Digital Technology is helping to enable our trust strategy and is a key driver of the sustainable
practices we operate across our family of schools. Our 1:1 device programme positions us as
a sector leader and offers students the ability to learn through cutting edge digital technology.

We are looking for a pioneering, confident and experienced individual to develop and embed
the Digital Technology strategy for WAT. The role will require the successful candidate to
lead on embedding best practice, implementing trust-wide standardised infrastructure, cyber
secure systems, processes and procedures. They will also drive robust quality assurance
arrangements to ensure effective and reliable infrastructure as well as compliance in all
areas. Working with the Director of Operations, the post holder will lead and manage the IT
team, Digital Technology infrastructure (including 1:1 devices), IT infrastructure, systems,
security and service delivery.

The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated, organised and committed. They
will be able to lead from the front, embodying the WAT culture, whilst prioritising workloads.
They will have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work
through challenging volumes of project work with a high level of accuracy.

Closing date for applications: Friday 9th June 2023
Interviews will take place week commencing: 12th June 2023