Governance Professional
Inspiration Trust, Norwich, NR2 1NR16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
22 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
6 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Casual Contract, Variable Hours
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale G: £16.35 - £17.47 per hour (plus holiday pay)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Desirable - • A degree or similar level qualification • Membership of a relevant professional or governance body
Experience
Essential - • Experience of working to tight deadlines • Experience of supporting meetings, hearings or formal decision-making processes • Ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
Desirable - • Experience of clerking governing bodies, academy committees or boards • Understanding of governance within an educational setting • Experience of clerking exclusions or complaints panels • Knowledge of education sector governance requirements
Skills, Knowledge
Essential - • Strong organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines • Excellent written & verbal communication skills • High levels of literacy, accuracy and attention to detail • Ability to exercise professional judgement and know when to escalate matters • Ability to build and maintain respectful and courteous relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including those who give their time voluntarily • Ability to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate professional integrity • Solution focused approach and ability to work effectively as part of a team • Excellent IT skills, including confident use of Microsoft Office
What the school offers its staff
The Inspiration Trust offers all staff a range of benefits via our ‘my lifestyle' portal. All eligible staff will have access to a range of benefits from salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts.
Further information about the job
Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale G: £16.35 - £17.47 per hour (plus holiday pay)
Casual Contract, Variable Hours
Start Date: September 2026
This role will be based at Inspiration Trust Central Services, currently located at Hewett Academy, Cecil Road, Norwich, NR1 2PL, with travel to academies across Norfolk and Suffolk.
The Inspiration Trust Central Governance Team is seeking a skilled and highly organised Governance Professional to support the Head of Governance in delivering high-quality governance services across the Trust.
This role is central to ensuring that academy committee meetings and panel hearings are conducted fairly, professionally and in line with statutory guidance, regulatory requirements and Trust policies.
You will act as a Governance Professional, providing procedural advice and ensuring accurate records of challenge, decision-making and agreed actions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Clerking academy committee meetings, providing professional advice on governance processes, procedural matters and compliance requirements
- Preparing, circulating and publishing agendas and supporting papers in a timely manner
- Attending meetings and panel hearings in person at academies across Norfolk and Suffolk
- Taking clear, accurate minutes that clearly record challenge, decision-making and agreed actions
- Clerking panel hearings, including exclusion and complaints panels, ensuring hearings are convened and conducted in line with statutory guidance and Trust procedures
- Supporting academies to ensure panels are appropriately constituted and all parties are properly informed
- Communicating panel decisions accurately and within required timescales
- Supporting follow-up actions and maintaining appropriate governance records
- Ensuring the appropriate handling, storage and confidentiality of sensitive information at all times
About You:
You will be a confident and professional individual with strong organisational and communication skills, capable of supporting formal decision-making processes in a respectful, impartial and compliant manner.
You will be comfortable working with senior leaders, governors, panel members and parents/carers, and able to handle sensitive and occasionally challenging situations with discretion and professionalism.
Essential:
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- Experience of supporting meetings, hearings or formal decision-making processes
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High levels of literacy, accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to exercise professional judgement and know when to escalate matters
- Competence in IT, including confident use of Microsoft Office
Desirable:
- A degree or similar level qualification
- Experience of clerking governing bodies, academy committees or boards
- Experience of clerking exclusions or complaints panels
- Understanding of governance within an education setting
Why Join Inspiration Trust
At Inspiration Trust, we believe in the power of education to transform lives. You’ll be joining a supportive, forward-thinking organisation that values professional development, collaboration, and innovation. We provide opportunities for growth and empower you to make a real impact in schools across Norfolk and north Suffolk. As part of our thriving network of talented teachers, leaders, and support staff, you’ll receive a varied professional development programme designed to help you be the best you can be.
About Us
Inspiration Trust is a thriving family of schools across Norfolk and North Suffolk, recognised nationally for pupil progress and excellence in teaching and leadership. We believe every young person deserves the best education, regardless of background.
The Trust offers extensive networks and opportunities to collaborate with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to delivering outstanding professional and learning opportunities for all staff, supported by a rich programme of continuing professional development led by some of the country’s leading educational thinkers and practitioners.
We believe it is important to support every school by centralising key support services. This approach reduces workload for senior leaders, provides value for money across a range of integrated services, and ensures that our academies benefit from a strong local support structure that promotes the sharing of best practice. As a Trust, we continually review our services to ensure they remain responsive to the needs of individual academies.
Our Central Services team, currently based in Norwich, provides expert support across HR, Payroll, Recruitment, Finance, Governance, Operations, ICT, Marketing, and Estates - enabling our schools to focus on what they do best: teaching and learning.
Next Steps
Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and Job Description, for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the “Planning your application” section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.
To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.
When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 22nd May 2026
Interview date: Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Commitment to safeguarding
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Applying for the job
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About Inspiration Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Inspiration Trust website
- Email address
- recruitment@inspirationtrust.org
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.
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