Local Governing Body Professional (Clerk to Governors)

The Diocese Of Canterbury Academies Trust, Canterbury, CT1 1NQ

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  20 April 2026

• Closing date

  23 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,937.00 - £39,444.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £4595

Local Governing Body Professional (Clerk to Governors) job summary

The Governance Professional will be line managed by the Head of Governance and be accountable to the Local Governing Bodies of the schools they support.

Previous experience of education, academies and clerking responsibilities is desirable but not essential as initial training will be provided along with ongoing development opportunities.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Flexibility, with a high degree of integrity and confidentiality
• Aptitude for initiative and self-management
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Effective communication and ICT skills
• A proven track record of accuracy and attention to detail

Some meetings will take place remotely but the majority will be face to face with each Local Governing Body and the successful candidate will be required to attend all planned meetings. Meetings can take place in the day or early evenings and so flexible availability are essential as is the ability to travel.

The role is for 6.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time).

The role will require the successful candidate to be able to grow as the trust continues to expand with new schools wanting to join us.

Aquila are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to recruitment checks including Enhanced DBS and online search.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Julie Lowe, Head of Governance jlowe@aquilatrust.co.uk

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

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

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust 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 keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment are 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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Diocese Of Canterbury Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Diocese Of Canterbury Academies Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-diocese-of-canterbury-academies-trust

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust is an established and highly successful Multi-Academy Trust currently consisting of primary schools and expecting to grow over the coming years.

The Trust offers:
• outstanding mentoring and coaching
• full induction programme for all new staff
• excellent professional development opportunities
• an enviable track record of career progression
• collaborative working in a supportive team environment

We are committed to ensuring our academies work together, sharing their strengths, to provide a great education for every pupil. We believe learning must be engaging and relevant and develop the whole child. Our academies design their coverage of the curriculum to provide challenging and exciting learning experiences in a caring and nurturing environment which is based on our strong values. Our academies value every individual and celebrate differences through their culture of mutual trust and shared values.

We want to deliver and develop best practice through learning together and engaging with action research with Canterbury Christ Church University. We want our academies to serve their local communities through links with churches, each other and to develop wider networks enabling staff and pupils to flourish. Through developing leadership at all levels we want the pupils in our academies to become happy, successful, well rounded individuals who develop into lifelong learners.

We have an English Hub, Behaviour Hub and Associate Research School within our MAT and Aquila is a lead MAT for behaviour.

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