16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    25 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£9,268.00 - £10,256.00 Annually (Actual) Hours/weeks : 15 hours per week, 42 weeks per year

Governance Professional job summary

Learning Academies Trust are seeking a meticulous, hard-working, and driven Governance Professional to support the Head of Governance. The Governance Professional will provide a professional clerking service to the Trust Board and its committees. They will be responsible for the efficient and effective operation of the Trust's processes, and ensuring governance arrangements are appropriate and work effectively.

The Governance Professional is required to work irregular and unsociable weekday hours. They will be required to attend meetings in the evening and daytime (weekdays and term time only).

The successful candidate will have:

  • Knowledge of Trust systems: structures, accountability and funding
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Up to date knowledge of governance legislation, procedures and regulations relevant to an educational setting and organisation
  • GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English grade C or above and be able to illustrate good literacy and numeracy skills.

About the Trust
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:

Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children

As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.

Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

To request a tour of the school or to discuss the role in anyway please contact the school on the number above.

If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. If there are no vacancies currently, but you would like to register your interest for future vacancies, please join our talent pool and we will be in touch as soon as we have a suitable position.

Please note, the closing date is for guidance only. Successful applicants will be invited to interview at the earliest available opportunity. Learning Academies Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Applying for the job

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About Learning Academies Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust

The Learning Academies Trust was originally formed by three Plymouth primary schools in November 2016 and has grown from there. In terms of pupil numbers, the Trust is now the largest primary school MAT, or Multi Academy Trust in the city of Plymouth with plans on the horizon to grow.

The Learning Academies Trust is a family of schools dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust holds three core beliefs at the centre of the work we do:

- Every child in our Trust deserves an outstanding education

- Schools work best when they work together

- Every school is unique

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