Governance Officer

Instanter Learning Trust, Sunbury-On-Thames, TW16 6LT

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  12 December 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: £27,634.00 Annually (FTE) 12326.93 pro rata

Governance Officer job summary

Are you highly-organised, detail-orientated, and an excellent administrator? We are seeking a Governance Officer to play a vital role in ensuring the effective operation of governance across our Trust.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working collaboratively and thrives on accuracy. No previous experience in a similar role is necessary, but you would have had previous experience as a competent administrator in an educational or other professional setting. The role offers flexibility through hybrid working, with an average of 14 hours per week, including some evening meetings.

Working closely with the Trust Board, Local Governing Committees, and senior leaders, you will provide expert clerking services, professional guidance, and high-quality administrative support. This role is essential to maintaining strong, compliant, and efficient governance that enables our Trust to deliver the very best outcomes for our students.

Key Responsibilities

As our Governance Officer, you will:

• Provide professional clerking and administrative support for the Trust Board and its committees.

• Ensure the Trust’s governance arrangements operate efficiently, effectively, and in full compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

• Support the implementation and ongoing operation of governance processes in line with the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation.

• Act as a key point of reference for procedural advice, enabling Trustees and Governors to focus on strategic priorities.

• Organise and manage meeting logistics, including the preparation and circulation of agendas, papers, and reports.

• Accurately record minutes and follow-up actions, ensuring clear, timely and compliant documentation.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to play a central role in shaping strong, effective governance across the Trust and its Committees.

• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements.

• A supportive, collaborative environment where your expertise is valued.

• The chance to contribute to the success and strategic development of our educational community.

If you are proactive, professional, and ready to make a meaningful impact within a growing Trust, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We reserve the right to interview on receipt of application and prior to the advertised deadline.

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.

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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.

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 Instanter Learning Trust

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

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