- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 160 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dymchurch Primary School website
Lead Governance Professional
More than one location, Our Community Multi Academy TrustThis job expired on 10 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm, 37 hours per week - hours flexible due to commitment to governance meetings.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- KSG-KSH (Kent Scheme)
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is a fabulous opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic person to join Our Community Multi Academy Trust. We are seeking to appoint an organised and experienced Lead Governance Professional to join the Trust’s successful and supportive team.
Purpose of the job :The Lead Governance Professional provides strategic leadership of governance across the Trust, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, promoting best practice, and supporting the effective operation of the Trust Board and its committees. The role includes oversight of governance structures, systems, and processes, with a clear focus on enabling strong governance that drives the Trust’s strategic priorities.
Essential
Qualifications/ Education
- GCSE English & maths or equivalent
Experience/ Knowledge
- Extensive knowledge of governance law, structures, policy and practice which apply in an Academy Trust structure
- Awareness of current issues and thought leadership relating to the governance of schools and academy trusts
- Understanding of charity law and governance in other sectors
Skills
- High level communication and IT
- High level strategic planning
- Decision-making based on intelligent assessment of risk and benefits
- Interpersonal/relationship building/stakeholder engagement skills
- Leadership and line management: planning and coordinating the work of others
Personal Attributes
- Personal integrity and commitment to the principles of public life
- Respecting confidentiality
- Confidence and influence at a senior level
- Can manage and make decisions independently
- Ability to lead by example, coach, motivate and inspire others
- Agile thinker
- Calm and resilient under pressure
- Commitment to CPD and modelling this to others
- Act as a role model in line with the Trust’s values
Values
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- Commitment to Trust and its school’s aims and values
- Commitment to continuous personal development
- Honest and reliable, displays integrity and commitment to the Trust
- Champion for children – establish positive relationships with Trust children, their families and staff so that pupils see all staff groups as integral and vital parts of the school family
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- The opportunity to work in an excellent school and to contribute to its growth and development
- Students who enjoy learning
- A stable and committed staff team determined to give our students the best possible opportunities
- A supportive and committed board of trustees
- Work within a growing Trust who fully believe in the professional development of their staff.
Flexible working opportunities
Hours are flexible due to commitment to governance meetings.
Further information about the job
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Our Community Multi Academy Trust, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. We recognise that every child has the right to feel safe and secure, both in school and beyond. Our safeguarding principles guide all aspects of our work and inform our policies, procedures, and practices across our schools and the whole Trust.
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Additional documents
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About Our Community Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- trusthr@ocmat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01795 606500
Our Vision: We believe that every part of the body is valuable and integral to the whole (1 Corinthians 12: 14-16). Therefore we will create a community of schools that, whilst being diverse and unique in their own context, will ensure every child receives the highest quality educational experiences and pastoral support.
At the heart of our Trust’s vision is a belief in educational excellence, the belief that Our Community Multi Academy Trust is called to serve pupils, staff, families and the local community by providing places where children develop and thrive academically, socially, culturally and spiritually in the safest possible environments.
We are a Trust currently comprising 10 primary schools across Kent including 4 Church of England primary schools, 1 junior school, 1 infant school.
School Details
Dymchurch Primary School
Bredgar Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 108 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School website
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 55 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Petham Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 103 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Petham Primary School website
Lydd Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 254 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lydd Primary School website
Lynsted and Norton Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 69 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lynsted and Norton Primary School website
Minterne Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 388 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Minterne Junior School website
Selling Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 92 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Selling Church of England Primary School website
Borden Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 124 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Borden Church of England Primary School website
The Oaks Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 312 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Oaks Infant School website
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