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Director of Insights and Artificial Intelligence

East Midlands Education Trust · West Bridgford, Nottingham

Pay not listed · posted 26 Oct 2026Apply on employer site ↗

What the job involves

A new executive role at a trust of 24 schools across the East Midlands, reporting to the CEO. It sets the Trust's AI strategy and the rules for using AI safely, and turns school, finance and workforce data into timely insight for leaders and the Board.

From the ad, in plain English:

Developing the Trust's AI strategy, finding where AI can reduce workload and improve teaching, learning and operations, and delivering it safely
Setting governance, ethics and data protection standards for AI and data use, in line with DfE guidance and UK GDPR
Building the data and AI confidence of leaders and staff across the schools
Leading data and insight across education, finance, workforce and operations, including monthly financial forecasting for the Board

Who it suits

Senior leaders from transformation, operations, data or innovation who can set direction and govern risk.

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