Career Opportunities
Enhance your career prospects with Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust
We welcome applicants who reflect our core values; you will be dedicated and ambitious, with an ability to deliver excellence, whilst demonstrating integrity and traditional manners.
Why work for us?
Our Trust is committed to “enriching lives and transforming futures”. We take pride in not only developing our students in order for them to reach their maximum abilities, but our employees too; expanding on their skills and knowledge and offering them the opportunity to progress within our Trust.
A major advantage to joining an Academy within our Trust is the greater potential for opportunities including cross training, secondments and promotion.
Current Vacancies
Benefits
We are committed to making FMAT a great place to work. As part of this we offer the following benefits to all employees:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Perkbox Wellness Hub
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Green Car Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Technology Scheme
- Perkbox Discount Platform
- Recognition scheme
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme or Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Continuous Professional Development
- Onsite parking
FMAT is committed to providing the highest level of education and care to its students and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
FMAT recognises that the safe recruitment of its staff in the Trust is essential to safeguard the children in attendance. It is our duty to prevent unsuitable people from working with children – ensuring we practice safe recruitment in checking the suitability of staff and volunteers who work with children.
Safer practice in recruitment means thinking about and including issues relating to child protection and safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children at every stage of the process and for all people being recruited.
For all posts, enquiries will be made with previous employers about whether a safeguarding concern has been raised against you.
Why volunteer for us?
FMAT is governed by the Board of Directors, a group of individuals who are dedicated to volunteering their professional expertise and time to support the Trust.
The Trust are always interested in discussing in further detail the opportunity for the right person to make a real difference to the outcomes and life chances of young people across Birmingham and Solihull, by joining our Governance Team as an FMAT Director or Associate. These roles provide an opportunity to give something back to the local community and use and develop your own skills in a board or local level environment.
We welcome individuals willing to commit some of their time and apply their skills and experience to being a Director/Associate in our Multi-Academy Trust.
FMAT has four secondary academies and
one primary academy, delivering education
to over 4000 students in total. We serve
students from a wide range of backgrounds
and our academies have higher-than-average proportions of students from disadvantaged homes and with special educational needs. We firmly believe that every student has the right to realise their full potential, and to do that they need to experience a high-quality education in
a supportive environment to help them achieve their career aspirations and live their lives to the full.
For further information visit:
Voluntary Associate Role
Voluntary Director Role
For any potential candidates that wish to
have an informal discussion, please contact
Rachel Sullivan, by email at r.sullivan@fmat.
co.uk.
Andrew Best
Chair of the FMAT Board of Directors
View our Trust Candidate Pack for more information
Here’s just a snapshot of what our employees and Governors have to say…
Being a Director has given me a great deal of
pleasure. I feel I am able to contribute to children and young people’s futures and have a positive impact in governance across the Trust.
Joanne Charlton, Director
“The staff at Smith’s Wood are committed, caring and ambitious.
We all want the best for the students and outcomes for the school that we are
proud to work in”.
Emma Douglas, Maths Teacher,
Year 11 Achievement Leader
“To me being an Associate at Fairfax is a privilege and great opportunity to not only help the students at an important point in their life, but also support and challenge the staff, alongside developing my own professional skills. Attending celebration events and observing the talent and ambition amongst the students is one of the most rewarding parts of my role.”
Dr Sophie Ward, Associate, Fairfax Academy
