Governance Professional / Clerk

Governance Professional to TCAT Board of Trustees

School: Queen Elizabeth High School

Start Date: 1st October 2026 or before

Contract: Permanent, Part time, 65 hours per annum

Salary: Grade Scale TC04 (scale point 4-6) 

Three Counties Academy Trust (TCAT) includes the Queen Elizabeth High School, St Peter’s Primary School, Bredenbury Primary School, Stoke Prior Primary School and Lugwardine Primary Academy.

TCAT are looking to appoint an organised and proactive governance professional to provide a range of high-quality clerical, secretarial and administrative support to the Board of Trustees and its committees. Working together with our Chair of Trustees, our governance professional will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the Trust, ensuring governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. This will include providing legislative and procedural guidance, drafting agendas, keeping records of membership, training, and attendance across the Trust’s governance structure.

Please note that termly governance meetings are scheduled outside of school/office working hours to accommodate our governance volunteers. The specific arrangements regarding working hours will be discussed and agreed with the successful applicant. 

The successful candidate(s) will have:

• Governance Professional qualification or working towards

• Good general communication skills

• Excellent, accurate, and concise writing skills

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365

• Good organisational skills – able to prioritise workload

• Excellent record keeping, information retrieval and dissemination of governing body data/documentation

• Tact, diplomacy, confidentiality and sensitivity

• Ability to use appropriate IT equipment as required by the governing body

• Experience of setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams

• An ability to speak with confidence and accuracy, using accurate sentence structures and vocabulary.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Three Counties Academy Trust (TCAT) recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits: -

• Collaborative working to support our endeavours to work smarter and achieve an effective balance between home and work

• A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues

• Membership to the Local Government (LGPS)

• Access to Spectrum Life

Application Process 

Application forms and full details are available here: - Careers at Three Counties Academy Trust - Bromyard, United Kingdom, Hereford | Eteach

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted to arrange an interview.

Closing date: 12:00noon Tuesday 1st September 2026

Interview Date: week commencing 7th September 2026

Safeguarding Statement

TCAT is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to protecting our students and staff and therefore have a rigorous recruitment process which includes assessing candidates’ suitability to work with children. We expect all staff to share this commitment and hold an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.