Location
London, Greater London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Are you a proven Head Teacher or Principal passionate about improving educational provision and delivering against purpose? This newly created role within Oasis Community Learning’s National Education leadership team offers the opportunity to lead school improvement across a whole region of secondary schools in the South of England. As Regional Director for School Improvement, you will lead a newly formed team of Regional Subject Experts and act as a senior leadership bridge between national secondary strategy, regional leadership, academy practice, and wider OCL service delivery.

You will be responsible for translating strategic priorities into integrated regional and academy-level plans, ensuring alignment between education priorities and enabling support through National Services. This includes providing flexible Regional Director-level capacity as required by the National Director of Secondary, acting as the escalation point for nominated priority academies, leading intensive support and challenge, and ensuring wider academy improvement is aligned, resourced, and effective.

Curriculum implementation follows a differentiated model: English and Mathematics are organised through clusters under Regional Directors, while other EBacc subjects are coordinated through the Regional Director of North/South structure. You will collaborate closely with English and Mathematics Regional Leads, Regional Directors, and National Trust Subject Leads to ensure curriculum support, academy-facing activity, and improvement priorities are aligned across all subject areas. National curriculum leadership maintains Trust-wide coherence by setting expectations, resources, and quality assurance frameworks across both delivery models.

The postholder will also deputise for the National Director of Secondary (South) as required.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and drive meaningful impact in a newly created position, supported by a strong network of national leadership and expert colleagues within the Oasis family.

Experience
- Proven record of success at Principal or Head Teacher level or above in a secondary school or academy.
- Significant senior leadership experience within the secondary phase, including leading curriculum implementation, teaching and learning, inclusion, attendance, or behaviour priorities.
- Experience providing senior leadership, support, and challenge beyond one academy/school, including leading improvement activity, managing risk, and influencing Principals or senior leaders across a cluster, region, or equivalent system.
- Ability to act as a senior escalation point for priority schools requiring intensive support, using evidence, professional judgement, and Principal-level credibility to diagnose need, mobilise support, challenge practice, and secure rapid improvement.
- Ability to translate strategic priorities into integrated implementation plans understood and acted upon by academy, regional, and central service teams.
- Strong knowledge of effective curriculum implementation, pedagogy, SEND and inclusion, attendance, and behaviour practice within the secondary phase.
- Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline.
- Ability to travel between trust academies.

About you
You will be a creative and strategic thinker with a pragmatic and practical mindset, highly effective in forging collaborations and partnerships, and driven by a strong desire to make a difference. You will demonstrate credibility and experience coaching, supporting, and constructively challenging Principals, senior leaders, and specialist colleagues in a values-led and evidence-informed way. You will be committed to the Oasis ethos and values, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Qualifications
Relevant leadership qualifications and experience at senior levels within secondary education are expected. Commitment to ongoing professional development and educational expertise is essential.