Governance & Compliance Professional

Fioretti Trust, Birmingham, B30 1LZ

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  15 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,434.00 - £41,771.00 Annually (FTE) Term Time Only

Governance & Compliance Professional job summary

Governance and Compliance Professional - Drive Excellence Across Our Trust

Strategic Role: Lead governance and compliance across the Trust as part of our central team.

Trusted Advisor: Support the Trust Board, Local Governing Bodies, CEO, and senior leaders.

Compliance Leadership: Oversee statutory records, policy lifecycle, and regulatory requirements.

Specialist Expertise: Manage data protection, FOI/SAR requests, and complaints processes.

Collaborative Impact: Build strong relationships and promote transparency and integrity.

Reporting Line: Work under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Join our central team as a Governance and Compliance Professional and play a pivotal role in shaping strong governance across our Trust. Reporting to the COO, you’ll provide expert advice, maintain statutory records, and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. If you’re detail-driven, highly organised, and passionate about supporting excellence in education, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking to appoint a person who:

• Is passionate about providing an excellent governance support to our Trust
• Has experience of clerking committees and preparing agendas
• Has excellent communication skills and high level of accuracy
• Is reliable, efficient, flexible, organised and able to prioritise to meet deadlines
• Has a cheerful, warm and welcoming personality with the ability to communicate with children and adults alike
• Is flexible and able to work as part of a team
• Has GCSE Maths and English (Grace 4/C or above) or an equivalent qualification
• Is confident in the use of ITC including use of Microsoft office programmes
• can speak fluent English as in accordance with part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016)

What we offer you:

• The opportunity to consolidate and grow great practice in a supportive environment.
• Opportunity to develop this new role.
• Trust wide support, being part of a Trust connected by our shared values as well as our geography. Work alongside experienced leaders, system support and a responsive central team.
• Professional growth. Learn alongside us and have the opportunity to influence how we grow together.
• The opportunity to build strong links with families and our wider community.
• The opportunity to work in a team who are invested in growing the potential of others.
• Comprehensive wellbeing package and support

This role is Term Time Only (39 weeks per year).

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 Fioretti Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fioretti-trust

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