Governance Professional

Great Learners Trust, Great Missenden, HP16 0AZ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,158.00 - £39,876.00 Annually (FTE) A 5-point range on GLT Support Staff scale 5. Scale points 5:26 – 6:35 (£33,158–£39,876) pro-rata for 0.4FTE, working term time only, plus paid holiday.

Governance Professional job summary

Effective governance provides strategic direction and robust accountability for the Great Learners Trust (GLT) and its schools. The Governance Professional is central to governance effectiveness, compliance, and innovation within the trust, supporting trustees and local governing boards to deliver on core strategic functions.

In alignment with our mission—to inspire and empower all to achieve their full potential and thrive in an ever-changing, dynamic world—the Governance Professional helps shape a culture of continuous improvement, where every decision and action is guided by a shared commitment to excellence and opportunity for every member of our community.

As the Great Learners Trust enters an exciting phase of development, this role offers a unique opportunity to lead and shape our trust-wide governance model. With changes in technology and evolving governance practices, we are looking for someone who will drive innovation, embed strong systems, and ensure our governance is both future-facing and highly effective. Guided by our values—Be Brave, Be Bold, Be Ambitious—the successful candidate will help create a governance framework that not only meets today’s challenges but also anticipates and adapts to tomorrow’s opportunities.

The Governance Professional oversees all aspects of governance and will:

Advise Trustees, Members and Local Governing Boards on governance, constitutional and procedural matters.

Provide effective administration and organisational support to the trust board and its committees.

Provide guidance to ensure that the trust is properly constituted and is compliant with the appropriate legal and regulatory framework and understands the potential consequences for noncompliance.

Manage information effectively in accordance with legal requirements.

Provide strategic leadership in developing and modernising our trust-wide governance model, embracing innovation and technology to ensure governance is bold, ambitious, and fit for the future.

The Governance Professional must carry out their duties in line with the seven principles of public life (Nolan principles). They should also be mindful of their responsibilities under equality legislation, recognising and encouraging diversity and inclusion.

The Governance Professional must carry out their duties in line with the seven principles of public life (Nolan principles). They should also be mindful of their responsibilities under equality legislation, recognising and encouraging diversity and inclusion.

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Great Learners Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Great Learners Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-learners-trust

Established in 2014 in Buckinghamshire, we are now a dynamic group of 11 schools, working generously in collaboration to provide the best possible education for our children.

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