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Governance Lead and Company Secretary

St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Cossington, LE7 4UZ

This job expired on 24 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,610.00 - £34,954.00 Annually (Actual) FTE £40813 - £44993

Governance Lead and Company Secretary job summary

Governance Lead and Company Secretary

Employer: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Location: Trust Offices, Cossington, Leicester

Hours: 29.5 hours per week

Position: Permanent/part time

Salary: £31610 - £34954 (£39513 - £43693 FTE)

Grade: Band S1 (Points 30-34)

Start Date: To be Confirmed

Closing date: 0900 am at Monday 24th March 2025

Interview Date: Monday 31st March 2025

St Thomas Aquinas CMAT is a vibrant, faith-driven educational trust dedicated to providing outstanding education rooted in Catholic values. We are committed to nurturing the spiritual, moral, academic, and personal growth of all our students, while upholding the teachings of the Catholic Church. Our schools foster a supportive and inclusive community where excellence in education is inspired by faith and service.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Governance Lead to join our leadership team and play a crucial role in supporting and enhancing the governance framework across our trust. This is a unique opportunity to work in a Catholic educational environment, ensuring our governance structure aligns with both our educational objectives and Catholic ethos.

This role is over 52 weeks per year and will require the sucessful candidate to work flexibly as some evening work is essential to accommodate the Trust meeting schedules.

How to apply

To apply for this role please submit your application no later than the closing date stated above. You will receive an automated response from our vacancies inbox to confirm your application has been received. We warmly encourage applicants to visit our schools. Please contact the HR team on school offices to arrange an appointment on 01162 968 164 .

Why work for the St Thomas Aquinas Multi Academy Trust?

Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 23 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.

Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 28.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.

Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.

Childcare – If you have children that attend before/after school at one of the 23 schools in our Trust, that provide their own provision, as an employee you will be able to access this resource for free.

About St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust

St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi-Academy Trust brings together the 23 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Leicester City, Rutland and Leicestershire. Our priority is to ensure the very best Catholic Education for all young people in our community, whatever their circumstances. We will achieve this together, through a strategic approach to sharing best practice, effective challenge and support from a central standards and performance team and opportunities for high quality Continuing Professional Development.

The Trust and all our schools within our Trust committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check, online check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants. The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

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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.

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