Associate Governance Professional

Orchard Learning Alliance, Reading, RG5 4RF

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Pay Scale Grade 6 (£31,537 SCP18 - £35,412 SCP24 FTE) (pay award pending) depending on experience.

Associate Governance Professional job summary

Orchard Learning Alliance are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an organised and motivated individual to to deliver a robust governance and clerking service to the Trust, championing good governance, achieving compliance, and meeting statutory and regulatory requirements through the effective use of the Trust’s governance platform. To coordinate the management of Trust and school policies and procedures, and, working closely with the Governance Professional, to develop, design, improve and streamline governance across the Trust including frameworks, templates and resources.

About the role

Salary Range: NJC Pay Scale Grade 6 (£31,537 SCP18 - £35,412 SCP24 FTE) (pay award pending) depending on experience.

Working Hours: 37 per week, term time (190 days per year) plus 10 days. Part time applicants may be considered - please specify your preferred hours on your application form.

This is a flexible role which requires evening work and actual weekly hours may vary depending on weekly requirements. The role is based at the OLA head office and will involve travel to OLA schools, as well as the option to work from home.

Contract type: Full time or part time, permanent.

Reporting to: Governance Professional, Central Team.

We welcome applicants wishing to work in a hybrid arrangement, or in person. Multiple schools within the Woodley/Earley/Reading area are available, and the role will be based from Waingels School.

If you would like to arrange to meet some of the team, or any further queries, please email hr@orchardlearningalliance.com

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Orchard Learning Alliance

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Orchard Learning Alliance website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waingels-academies-trust

The Orchard Learning Alliance is a family of schools dedicated to providing the best possible educational experience and serving our communities through exceptional schools. We believe that education has the power to transform lives and that by working together, as a family of schools, we will enhance the life chances of all our children by equipping them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to thrive.

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