A fabulous opportunity for an experienced Governance Professional to join our growing Trust. You will be part of our friendly and professional Central Services Team, who provide business support to our schools.
The role is 15 hours per week, all year round, with a flexible working pattern to accommodate the governance meeting schedule. The meeting dates are agreed in advance.
£35,235 - £37,938 Full time equivalent, £14,285 - £15,380 Actual salary.
Our Governance Lead will manage the delivery and development of all aspects of governance across the Trust and the key responsibilities include:
- Providing accurate and high quality professional advice and guidance to the Board of Trustees and its committees
- Providing efficient and effective administration support
- Undertaking the role of Clerk to the Board of Trustees
- Acting as Company Secretary
- Line managing the Governance Assistants
The successful candidate will have:
- Knowledge of governance structures, frameworks, processes and procedures
- Experience of supporting a Board or Governing Body in a similar role
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of ensuring office systems and procedures are efficient and effective
- Excellent communication, organisation and administrative skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to analyse data, produce high quality reports and develop key documents
The benefits of joining Enable Trust include:
- Competitive salary, generous Local Government Pension Scheme and flexible working arrangements
- Free employee assistance programme
- Excellent training, development and career opportunities
- Dedicated Central Services Team
- A supportive and positive values-based culture
Enable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children and young people. We will carry out online searches on all short-listed applicants, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Part 3, Safer Recruitment. Where given permission to do so, references will be requested for short-listed candidates prior to interview. Candidates attending an interview should expect the interview panel to explore issues relating to safeguarding. All successful applicants will be required to undergo security and vetting checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS check. Applicants must be aware that it is an offence to apply for a role if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and young people.
Equality information:
We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.