PA to CEO and Trust Governance & Compliance Professional
Christopher Nieper Education Trust, Alfreton, DE55 7LE4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
14 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,334.00 - £33,253.00 Annually (FTE) Pay award pending
PA to CEO and Trust Governance & Compliance Professional job summary
PA to CEO and Trust Governance & Compliance Professional
Christopher Nieper Education Trust are seeking to appoint a highly organised and self-motivated individual, with the enthusiasm and drive to work alongside and support the CEO and help deliver strong and effective governance and compliance practices. This post will be an integral part of our small and growing central team.
Our Trust and academies need highly skilled and dedicated people who are fully committed to improving the life chances of the children in their care. Every member of our staff has an important and valuable role to play in achieving this. Our Trustees and Academy Governing Boards meet mainly in the evening, and all meeting dates are scheduled at the start of the academic year.
The successful candidate will be efficient, an excellent communicator and maintain a high level of confidentiality, at all times. The role requires excellent attention to detail, high standards of communication with a strong administrative foundation and experience of supporting meetings.
Key duties include but are not limited to:
Supporting and working alongside the CEO in all aspects of Trust life
Supporting and providing a professional clerking service to our Trustees and Academy Governing Boards
Providing advice and guidance on governance and compliance matters
Act as the go-to person on all governance related queries and issues across all academies and within the central team
Administration and record keeping
Organising meetings, hearings and appeals
Maintaining relationships and communications
Maintaining oversight of all Trust and academy policies
Working closely with and supporting the Chief Finance & Operations Officer (CFOO) to ensure compliance across the Trust including GDPR & Health & Safety
Overseeing compliance in all areas including websites
Job Description
The PA to CEO and Trust Governance & Compliance Professional will have an extensive knowledge and experience of the roles required of a PA and understanding of school governance, or be willing to learn very quickly, and possess strong administrative and interpersonal skills.
The postholder will undertake clerking for the Trust Board and Committees and Academy Governing Board meetings as well as providing high quality governance administrative support and advice.
As a member of the Central Team, the post holder will ensure efficient and effective support to academies within the Trust and will work closely with the CEO and CFOO to achieve the Trust’s strategic objectives.
The post holder will be required to work with schools across the Trust. The majority of Academy Governing Board meetings are held in the late afternoon and evenings, therefore the ability to attend evening meetings is essential.
The post holder will be based at Stonebroom Primary School and working across all Trust schools and there is the opportunity for some remote working by mutual agreement.
The post holder will act as an ambassador for the Trust, liaising regularly with a number of key stakeholders both internal and external, and therefore discretion and diplomacy will be required.
This key role will require the post holder to possess effective organisational and management skills in order to provide a high level of pro-active support for any other additional projects as required.
Reporting to: CEO
Accountable to: CEO, CFOO, Trustees and Chairs of Governors of the Academy Governing Boards
Main duties and responsibilities: Working self-sufficiently, diligently, and pro-actively, the post holder will have the following key responsibilities:
General
To provide high-level support, working closely with the CEO.
To provide support to the CFOO.
Develop a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of the Trust’s aims and objectives.
Provide a high standard of service and confidential governance administrative support to the Trust including clerking for a number of Academy Governing Boards.
Keep up to date with current educational development and legislation affecting Trust governance.
Maintain up-to-date records of the names, addresses and category of Members, Trustees and Governors and their terms of office.
Inform Headteachers, Academy Governing Boards and the CEO of any changes to the membership.
Advise Trustees and Governors and appointing bodies in advance of the expiry of a term of office, so that elections or appointments can be organised in a timely manner.
Support recruitment of Trust Appointed Governors and support academies in recruitment of parent and staff governors.
Ensure that an up-to-date register of Members, Trustees and Governors business interests is maintained.
Ensure that up-to-date information is published on websites for each academy and the Trust and on Get Information About Schools.
Ensure new Trustees and Governors have access to appropriate documents and induction sessions.
Maintain a record of training undertaken by Trustee and Governors.
Ensure a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check has been carried out on any Member, Trustee and Governor before appointment and at the point of renewal.
Ensure all Members, Trustees and Governors have access to the secure, online governance area and ensure it is kept up to date.
Advise on the annual calendar of Academy Governing Board meetings and tasks.
Provide an effective clerking service, including working with the CEO, Chair of Trustees, Headteachers and Chairs on setting agendas, minute taking and maintaining records, for a number of Trust meetings and Academy Governing Boards and as required.
Provide procedural and legal advice to Academy Governing Boards during the meeting.
Clerk any statutory appeal committees/panels the Academy Governing Board is required to convene.
Compliance
Be responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance in a number of areas, e.g. Scheme of Delegation, websites, policies, complaints.
Work with the CFOO to ensure compliance of Health & Safety across the Trust.
Work with the CFOO and our external DPO to oversee GDPR compliance across the Trust.
Other
To organise and support all Trust wide events.
To produce a termly Trust Newsletter and to oversee any other Trust marketing.
Undertake a variety of projects, involving internal and external research on good governance and Compliance practice.
Other duties as required supporting the Trust, commensurate with the nature and level of the post.
Undertake professional development as agreed with academy leaders.
Benefits
Ongoing training, support and mentoring will be provided
Membership of Trust Governance Insight & Confederation of School Trusts
Free access to Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
Free onsite Parking
Generous discount at the David Nieper Ltd factory shop
Further information about the job
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
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.
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- Multi-academy trust
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