Education Development Trust

Education Development Trust is an international not-for-profit organisation working to improve education outcomes around the world, including the UK, by improving school systems at scale, and by delivering expert careers and employability services. We have been working with governments and donor agencies as well as with clusters of schools to effect and embed sustainable change for over 50 years. Our specialist knowledge and our active program of respected and authoritative research, means we design and deliver effective, far-reaching solutions which are evidence informed. We can be called upon for rapid strategic evaluation and insights through to designing and delivering longer term programmes which embed improved practices across a region or country – operating at scale with highly contextualized solutions. Our research informs policymaking and supports practitioners around the world.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join the Education Development Trust in a key Board role, EDT has approximately 1,200 staff worldwide, income of £91.2m, net assets of £32.2m and group free reserves of £21.4m (2022/23), and we are about to start the delivery of a new strategic plan. As the current holder completes their full term in post, we look forward to welcoming an exceptional, financially astute leader to join us.

The role combines the purpose and responsibilities of a Trustee with the additional contribution of chairing EDT’s Audit and Finance Committee. The post holder will demonstrate both sets of competencies, bringing depth of experience, wisdom and judgement to the role, and the ability to balance between support and challenge, between strategy and scrutiny, and between collaboration and independence, ideally gained within both a commercial and a charitable context.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Education Development Trust on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference UAAABA. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on Monday 11^th March 2024.