Governance Support Officer - Full Time

Romero Catholic Academy Trust, Burnley, BB12 7NG

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week; Monday to Friday, flexible working times.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 5, SCP 6-11, (£25,183 - £27,269 FTE) £22,414.19 - £24,270.84 Pro-rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to expand our central team with the appointment of an energetic, well-motivated Governance Support Officer. This is a new and exciting opportunity to support our Governance Lead & Trust Clerk, ensuring excellent governance practices across the Trust and its Local Governing Bodies.

In this flexible role, you will provide expert school and clerking services to our academies ensuring compliance, promoting good practice, and building strong working relationships with key stakeholders. You will work closely with the Governance Lead to support the induction of new governors, enabling effective decision-making, and helping to uphold the values and responsibilities of Catholic education governance.

What the school offers its staff

Employee Assistance Programme

Subsidised Gym Membership

Local Government Pension Scheme

Teachers Pension scheme

School holidays (where appropriate)

Enhanced Terms and Conditions after 5 years’ service

Enhanced Sick Pay

Free Parking/Company Parking

Bereavement Leave

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Enhanced Paternity Pay

Flexible working opportunities

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Romero Catholic Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: careers@romerocat.com
• Phone number: 01282 855500
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/romero-catholic-academy-trust

Romero Catholic Academy Trust is a family of Catholic schools serving the needs of children and young people in the Diocese of Salford, covering the areas of Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Calderdale. To achieve this, we will uphold four key values:

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