Governance Officer

Bradgate Education Partnership, Leicester, LE7 1LY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday (37 Hours per week) Part time working hours to be considered for the right applicant
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 9, Pts 19 to 22 (£26,595 to £28,495)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Governance Officer

Bradgate Education Partnership Permanent 37 hours per week - part time working will also be considered

Term time only (to include inset days)

Annual Salary: Grade 9, Pts 19 to 22 (£26,595 – £28,495)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Application Close Date: 9am, Friday 14th February 2025

Provisional Interview Date: Tuesday 4th March 2025

Are you someone who is highly organised?

Are you experienced in governance and business functions?

Would you like to work as part of developing the Trust?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join our partnership as a Governance Officer. Due to changes in the Central Team at the Trust we have taken the time to think about our needs for the future, we recognise that the educational landscape is changing and we want to be at the forefront of providing the best possible education for our children and young people. In light of this we feel the time is right for us to employ a Governance Officer to lead on corporate governance and support communications. This is an exciting and varied role, and given that it is a new role within our structures it provides the perfect opportunity to shape the position.

The Governance Officer will work closely with the Trust’s Executive Leadership Team and the Trust Board in a wide range of matters. The post holder will have the opportunity to change and develop systems and processes to provide the best possible service to our schools. The role does require some flexibility in working hours to accommodate some evening meetings throughout the academic year, with the additional option of hybrid working for the right candidate, this can be discussed at interview.

This is an excellent time to join our Trust as we enter the next stages of our development, everyone has a significant role to play in delivering high quality education to our pupils, find out more by taking a look at our Candidate Information Pack.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience of school or corporate governance/compliance
• Have previous experience of working within an administration role or a business operations function
• Possess the ability to provide a high level of advice and guidance to Executive Leaders and Trustees
• Be highly organised with the ability to organise others
• Posses a high level of communication skills for a of audiences and different media

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

• The opportunity to access hybrid working to enable opportunity to work from home during the working week.
• Opportunities to work across the partnership, developing your skills and expertise.
• The opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and share knowledge and resources.
• Access to our professional networks and professional development programmes.
• Access to our Bradgate Benefits package (see Candidate Information Pack).
• This post does provide opportunity for further study via our apprenticeship levy for the successful candidate.

Flexible working opportunities

- Hybrid Working

- Part Time working hours

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

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001 - Advert - Governance Officer.pdf - 210 KB (opens in new tab)

002 - Job Description - Governanace Officer.pdf - 280 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bradgate Education Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: info@bepschools.org
• Phone number: 0116 4783426
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bradgate-education-partnership (opens in new tab)

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