Governance Professional
Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust, Oxford, OX5 1GF6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
31 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive salary paid on NJC pay scale, Local Government Pension Scheme
Governance Professional job summary
At Oxford Diocesan Bursars School Trust (ODBST), we're a family of schools bound by shared values: Inclusivity, Community, Service, and Empowerment. Our mission is to empower our unique schools to excel, enabling every child to "experience life in all its fullness." Whether you have a faith perspective or none, you'll find our Trust welcomes all, serving diverse communities across our region. We take pride in our strong sense of belonging, where pupils, parents, staff, and the wider community feel part of something special. We deliver unrivalled opportunities for professional development, cultivating a supportive environment that harnesses the collective expertise of our leaders and practitioners to achieve high educational standards across all our schools.
The Role
We are seeking an exceptional Governance Professional to join our Trust at an exciting time of growth and development. This pivotal role will ensure governance excellence across ODBST, supporting our Board of Trustees, committees, and local governing bodies to deliver effective oversight and strategic direction.
As our Governance Professional, you will:
- Provide expert advice on governance frameworks, charity and company law, ensuring full compliance with all statutory requirements
- Lead board recruitment and development, ensuring we maintain the right mix of skills and perspectives
- Manage all aspects of board and committee meetings, from agenda preparation to minute-taking and action follow-up
- Support our local governance structures, ensuring effective communication between the Trust Board and school governing bodies
- Drive continuous improvement in our governance systems and processes
- Act as the primary point of contact for all governance matters
Further details including the job description and person specification can be found in the attached candidate information pack.
About You
The ideal candidate will bring:
- A strong track record in supporting and developing governance, ideally within education/multi-academy trusts
- Excellent clerking experience across multiple settings
- Exceptional organisational skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities
- A proactive, solution-focused approach with the ability to work independently
- Professional integrity with commitment to the Nolan Principles of Public Life
- The ability to build effective relationships at all levels
What We Offer
- The opportunity to make a significant impact on educational governance across our Trust
- A supportive and collaborative working environment
- The chance to be part of a Trust that truly values its people and communities
Join Us
If you're passionate about educational excellence and have the expertise to strengthen our governance frameworks, we'd love to hear from you. At ODBST, you'll play a crucial role in empowering our schools to provide the very best opportunities for children and young people.
What We Offer:
The opportunity to make a significant impact across a growing family of schools
A collaborative, supportive team committed to educational excellence
Competitive salary and benefits package
The chance to work with passionate educators dedicated to transforming young lives
Being part of a Trust, makes you part of the family and this comes with many opportunities from CPD training and networking to in-house support and career development.
We are committed to our staff and offer benefits which include:
- Employee Assistance Programme with Schools Advisory Service - through this programme, staff can access a wide range of support including a GP service, menopause support, counselling and mindfulness, chronic illness support, physiotherapy, fitness services and so much more!
- Free flu vaccination vouchers
- Free eye test for computer users
- Cycle 2 Work Scheme
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff
- Extensive CPD opportunities including (not-exclusively) Trust wide subject leadership groups, mentoring, networking opportunities and apprenticeships
- Full commitment to sustainable ways of working, green energy and reducing our Trust emissions to reach net zero by 2035.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. The ODBST is an Equal Opportunities employer.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people and the applicant is required to declare any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are “spent”. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013, 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website: Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Commitment to safeguarding
The ODBST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. ODBST is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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.
About Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
ODBST is made up of our family of schools, belonging to one ambitious and aspirational Trust. We have a clear focus on school improvement. Our mission is to empower our unique schools to excel. We want our children and young people to be able to ‘experience life in all its fullness’ and although this is rooted in a Christian narrative (taken from John 10:10), irrespective of a faith perspective, that is what all of us want for our pupils. This has been borne out by the community schools that have chosen to join ODBST, signing up to the vision and values that have children at their core. The trust exists for families with faith and none and regardless of any faith perspective we invest in our pupils’ spiritual development. Our schools exist to serve their community. We want our pupils to achieve all that they possibly can and, in doing so, that they and their families experience the best quality of education and care. We strive to foster a great sense of belonging in our schools so that pupils, parents, staff and the wider community all feel proud to be part of the family.
Through our Trust, we offer unrivalled opportunities for professional development and networking for teaching and support staff. We have cultivated a strong and supportive environment for our schools that utilises the collective skills and knowledge of our Headteachers and practitioners, enabling our schools to achieve high educational standards.
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