Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Herts for Learning will be established as a new company on 1st September 2013 to provide traded services to Hertfordshire's 500 schools. The new company will take on responsibility for the high performing school improvement service in Hertfordshire and will build on its outstanding reputation for school support and extend its customer base. With 232 staff and a projected annual operating budget of £19m, Herts for Learning has the potential to be a successful and profi table organisation with significant scope to develop its range of services. Owned by shareholders from schools (80%) and Hertfordshire County Council (20%), the company will operate commercially but with a clear priority to drive up school standards and support the delivery of the best possible education for children and young people.

Accountable to a Board of Directors, the Managing Director will lead the new company through transition to ensure that it builds on its significant potential. This role presents an opportunity to build an innovative new model of schools improvement services in a commercial and enterprising context.

You will bring a successful track record of leadership, ideally gained in an education environment, along with the commercial acumen to grow and develop Herts for Learning as a profi table enterprise. You will be adept at building relationships and managing the delivery of high quality services.

Your skills and experience will shape and deliver a strategy for Herts for Learning that capitalises on existing strengths and relationships, and ensures that it maximises opportunities for growth.

If you feel you have the right attitude, skills and experience to meet these challenges, please visit this link or contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson: Elliott Rae on 020 7426 3964 or Mark Turner on 020 7426 3983 for a confidential discussion.

Closing date: 1 March 2013.