Start Date: 01/09/2025
Location: Hybrid / Leaf Trust Shared Services Hub
Salary: Grade 6, £39,513 - £42,708 FTE per annum (Actual Salary based on weeks worked and hours: £11,635.02 - £12,575.82 p.a.)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 13 per week to be worked flexibly across 2 or more days per week, term time only to exclude INSET days (38 weeks)
Application Closing Date: 02/07/2025 - We recommend early application as the school reserves the right to close the advert prior to the stated deadline date
Interview Date: Tuesday 22nd July 2025
The Role
Governance is at the heart of The Leaf Trust, shaping strategic direction and ensuring accountability across our family of primary schools. As Trust Governance Lead, you’ll play a vital role in developing and embedding best practice, supporting Trustees, Governors, and school leaders to deliver excellence in governance.
We’re looking for a highly skilled professional with expertise in governance, compliance, and strategy. You’ll lead governance policy and training, ensure alignment with statutory requirements, and provide guidance at every level to drive high-impact decision-making.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence governance across a values-driven, ambitious Trust. If you believe in the power of education and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
- We are seeking a highly skilled governance professional who thrives on collaboration and strategic leadership. You will have:
- Proven expertise in governance and compliance within education or the charity sector.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to advise and influence senior stakeholders.
- A commitment to excellence and innovation in governance, ensuring alignment with statutory requirements and best practice.
- A deep belief in the power of education to transform lives, with values-driven leadership at the core of your approach.
This is a truly exciting opportunity for a governance expert to lead and shape governance within a growing, ambitious, and values-driven multi-academy trust.
The Trust:
The Leaf Trust, a family of 14 schools (12 primary, 1 junior, and 1 infant school) committed to creating exceptional learning environments within our local communities. While each school retains its unique character, they benefit from the shared strength, expertise, and support of the Trust-wide network.
Why Leaf?
As part of The Leaf Trust’s Central Team, you will be part of a supportive and dynamic working environment with access to a range of benefits, including:
✅ A Role with Room to Grow – Help shape and develop governance frameworks and processes in a growing Trust.
✅ A Great Team & Supportive Environment – Join a skilled, hard-working, and collaborative central team with a positive, good-humoured ethos, where your contributions will be truly valued.
✅ Career Development – Access to CPD, training, and professional development opportunities to enhance your expertise.
✅ A Collaborative Network – Work alongside experienced colleagues in the central team and at school level to drive meaningful change.
✅ Employee Wellbeing – Annual wellbeing surveys, a dedicated wellbeing day, and support for work-life balance.
✅ Financial Benefits – Competitive pension packages, access to the Cycle to Work Scheme, and a staff discount platform to help you save on everyday purchases.
We invite you to browse our websites for more information about our Trust
📝 How to Apply
All applicants are advised to refer to the candidate information pack, which includes the job description and specification, before submitting an application. If you feel that your skills and experience match the requirements of this post then please submit an Application Form outlining reasons for applying and suitability for the role. In order to do so, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. Please be advised, in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, we do not accept CV’s.
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