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Catholic schools body seeks new chief executive

Jim Clarke is due to step down this year
Jim Clarke is due to step down this year Jim Clarke is due to step down this year

The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) is seeking a new chief executive.

CCMS was established as an upper tier of management for Catholic schools in 1989 in response to concerns about underachievement.

It has responsibilities including raising standards and the employment of teachers.

Its chief executive Jim Clarke is due to step down later this year.

CCMS said the position, which comes with a salary of up to £87,662, was a "challenging high profile leadership opportunity".

The council said its new leader would "provide sectoral leadership developing the sector's vision and strategy and advocating on its behalf".

The appointee will also "play an important and high profile role across the wider NI education system".