Governance Professional (Clerk) to NEST

Nexus Education Schools Trust, Beckenham, BR3 1RF

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19.15 - £21.43 Hourly

Governance Professional (Clerk) to NEST job summary

Main Purpose of the Role:

To provide comprehensive clerking services to individual NEST schools

To provide cross-Trust Governance Professional services as required

To manage information effectively and ensure compliance with legal requirements.

To clerk various ad hoc meetings, such as disciplinary complaint and appeal panels, as required throughout the year.

To offer guidance on constitutional and procedural matters

Key Responsibilities

Regular Meetings: provide full clerking services to individual school Local Committees

Ad-Hoc Meetings: provide clerking service for central NEST meetings and other local meetings, as required

Ad-Hoc Expertise: provide clerking services to panels as needed throughout the year

Administration: handle all information with precision and in accordance with legal and best practice requirements

Role Specific Duties

Strong Working Relationships: work closely with the Head of Governance and wider Governance Team; the Chair of the Local Committee; Headteachers and Local Committee Members

Organisation: collate, prepare and distribute meeting papers well in advance, ensuring everyone is prepared

Minutes: attend meetings, take accurate notes and prepare detailed minutes for approval and distribution.

Compliance: keep track of legal and procedural requirements to ensure compliance

Record Keeping: maintain accurate records of meeting attendance and manage information relating to appointments and resignations

Elections: assist with elections of Local Committee Members as required

Database Management: keep internal and external governance databases up to date

Training: maintain training and development records for Local Committee Members and advise on opportunities available

Confidentiality: uphold confidentiality and advise others on best practices.

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 Nexus Education Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Nexus Education Schools Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nexus-education-schools-trust

Multi Academy Trust based in South London

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