Governance and Compliance Professional

Coombe Academy Trust, New Malden, KT3 6NU

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £38,256.00 - £42,060.00 Annually (FTE)

Governance and Compliance Professional job summary

This is a pivotal, strategic role leading the development of Governance and Compliance across the Trust. The post holder will provide expert, well-researched advice and support to the Trust Board, Local Governing Bodies (LGBs), the CEO, and the Executive Team. Accountable to the Board, the professional is responsible for ensuring the statutory duties of the Trustees are fulfilled and that the entire governance framework operates effectively.

The role's primary focus is comprehensive legal and regulatory adherence. Key duties include maintaining all statutory records, registers, and the full policy lifecycle for the Trust. The professional will ensure accuracy across public-facing portals such as Companies House and GIAS, and will ensure governance-specific risks are integrated into the Trust’s central risk register. If working the full hours, the role also combines with compliance where the candidate will also lead on Trust compliance for Freedom of Information Requests and Subject Access Requests (FOI/SAR), maintaining the Data Protection Log, and liaising with our outsourced Data Protection company.

We require a highly skilled professional with a commitment to building successful stakeholder relationships. Expert knowledge of the MAT legal framework—including the Academy Trust Handbooks, Company Law, and Charity Law is essential, or the willingness to acquire the knowledge. Applicants must have experience in clerking meetings or minute taking.

Excellent communication, efficient time management, and a commitment to the Trust’s ethos and safeguarding responsibilities are fundamental.

Part-time, Hybrid, Term time only + 2, or flexible working will be considered. Please note that the responsibilities of the role may need to be adjusted dependent on working patterns.

We welcome pre-arranged visits to the Trust to discuss the role or a meeting via Google Meet, this can be arranged through contacting us by email on: hrdirector@coombe.org.uk

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 Coombe Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Coombe Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coombe-academy-trust

Coombe Academy Trust is a well-established, respected multi academy trust (MAT) which comprises three Nursery and Primary Schools, two Secondary Schools and a joint Sixth Form, with over 3450 children and young people. In addition, within our schools we have five Specialist Resource Provisions from nursery through to Key Stage Four for pupils with Autism, severe learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, hearing loss and speech and language and communication needs.

Coombe Trust has a balance of academies at different starting points in their journey of improvement, therefore creating effective capacity for sponsorship. We ensure that we have high performing academies in primary and secondary phases as part of our family and that all schools are on the journey to high performance. We work as one entity to improve and maintain a high standard across the Trust. As a Trust we are seeking to expand the areas that we support. We are well placed to support any phase of education from Nursery through to Sixth Form, including settings providing SEND support. Full details can be seen within our Growth Strategy.

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