Governance Officer

Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust, London, W14 8BZ

29 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  22 May 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  23 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, 39 weeks a year.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale 4 - £27,798-£29,831.65

What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience supporting governance in an educational environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to take professional‑standard minutes
• An understanding of governance structures within academy trusts
• High levels of organisation, accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong digital and IT skills, with confidence using online platforms and databases
• The ability to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines and work flexibly, including attending evening meetings
• A proactive, positive and collaborative approach
• A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and the Trust’s values

What the school offers its staff

• A supportive and collaborative working environment
• Opportunities for training and development to help you grow in your career
• The chance to contribute to a trust committed to delivering high-quality education and supporting staff wellbeing
• Hybrid working
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and generous holiday entitlement

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.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Governance Officer JDPS.pdf - 312 KB (opens in new tab)

Governance Officer April 2026 Advert.pdf - 116 KB (opens in new tab)

About Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust website
• Email address: hrteam@sjscat.co.uk
• Phone number: 02076038478
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saint-john-southworth-catholic-academy-trust

The Saint John Southworth Catholic Academy Trust was established in September 2021 by its founding members, the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Cadogan Street. Our mission is to create a community of schools, built in solidarity and operating by subsidiarity, to give our pupils all they need to grow. Our schools model unity in diversity, together but unique ('Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ' – 1 Corinthians 12) and work for the formation and achievement of all their pupils (‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart’ – Colossians 3).

Our great patron is St John Southworth, one of the Tyburn martyrs who laboured fearlessly for the Faith in the area which the Trust serves and who is buried in Westminster Cathedral, which is also situated within its bounds; Southworth is a powerful symbol, and presence, in our endeavour: the formation of the whole person.

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