Clerk to the Governors
Aureus Primary School, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6GS4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
22nd April 2025
Closing date
16 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Clerking for the six two-hour meetings over the academic year for each SSB, attending three two-hour forums across the year and attending any training required to deliver the role and all the preparation, planning and minuting of scheduled SSB meetings. To Clerk a single SSB; 102 hours across the year, 38 weeks of the year, which is just under 2 hours a week term-time only, plus 13 hours per year for forums, PD and training.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Senior Specialist £33,426. Please note that this is the Full-time equivalent - salary will be pro rata'd accordingly.
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a professional Clerk to provide governing body clerking support two of our Schools Governing Bodies.
Your opportunity
At GLF Schools our local governance structure is customised for our Multi Academy Trust. Each of our schools has a distinct character and culture to meet the needs of its community and context. We recognise the value of retaining a local governance committee for our schools and call these committees School Standards Boards (SSBs).
We require a clerk to support SSBs -Aureus School, and a joint SSB at Manor Primary School and Aureus Primary School.
At GLF Schools we believe that our Clerks are vital to the success of and form part of our Trust governance team led by our Trust Governance Manager. The role will involve providing effective administrative support to the SSB's, ensuring the governing board is properly constituted, managing information effectively in accordance with legal requirements and supporting the wider governance team.
What we are looking for
The role and salary will also include the need to travel to the schools to attend the meetings that take place six times a year (two hours per meeting) for each SSB. The clerking duties and travel costs are included as part of the hourly rate.
Access to a computer, printer and the internet at home is essential as most of the work will largely be home based outside of attendance at meetings in school.
The successful applicant will have a genuine interest in school governance, ensuring they keep abreast with current educational developments and legislation affecting schools as well as knowing about how governance works in GLF Schools. A clerk must be independent, a person of integrity with strong interpersonal skills, organisational skills and a positive attitude.
At GLF Schools, the clerking role, is a Senior Specialist and the ideal candidate will be:
- Organised and have the ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Flexible and adaptable to suit the needs and requirements of the Trust.
- Confident in communicating with all levels.
- Able to remain professional when handling confidential material.
- Knowledgeable about governance procedures and educational legislation and guidance and/or willingness to develop knowledge.
Hours: The role will involve clerking for the six two-hour meetings over the academic year for each SSB, attending three two-hour forums across the year and attending any training required to deliver the role and all the preparation, planning and minuting of scheduled SSB meetings.
To Clerk a single SSB, the hours of work are 102 hours across the year, for 38 weeks of the year, which is just under 2 hours a week term-time only, plus 13 hours per year for forums, PD and training. Please note the hours will be reflective of the two SSBs that you will be clerking for.
Salary: Senior Specialist £33,426. Please note that this is theFull-time equivalent - salary will be pro rata'd accordingly..
Closing Date: 13th March 2025
Start Date:22nd April 2025
Interview Date: w/c 17th March 2025
What the school offers its staff
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Applying for the job
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CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
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About Aureus Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 424 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aureus Primary School website
- Email address
- k.sullivan@glfschools.org
Recently judge Outstanding by OFSTED, Aureus Primary School is a growing school in the heart of Didcot's new Great Western Park development. Our ethos is that of excellence. We aspire to achieve excellence in all that we do, in so doing our children are happy, well-rounded and able to enjoy the successes of life. Our welcoming team of dedicated staff are providing all the necessary ingredients to ensure success and progress for everyone. We believe that children have the right to access a curriculum designed around their specific needs and that takes their local surroundings into account. We could not be luckier! Our local area has an abundance of STEAM facilities and careers: Harwell Science and Technology Laboratories, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, UTC and Williams F1 but to name a few!
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