School Governance Professional

Dean Trust Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN5 0DQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 10,562 - 11,783

School Governance Professional job summary

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic School Governance Professional to join our dedicated team at Dean Trust Wigan & Dean Trust Rose Bridge.

The Governance Professional for Wigan Learning Partnership plays a pivotal role in supporting the effective operation of two Local Governing Committees (LGCs) within The Dean Trust.

This role ensures high standards of governance through expert clerking, procedural guidance, and administrative support. Working closely with Headteachers, Chairs, and the Head of Governance, the Governance Professional facilitates meetings, maintains accurate records, and promotes best practices in governance, all while enabling governors to fulfil their statutory and strategic responsibilities effectively. 

Key responsibilities:

Effective administration of meetings

• To support the LGC in the scheduling of meetings in line with the guidance issued by the Trust
• To agree agendas with the Headteacher and Chair in line with the trust model agenda

Provide advice to the Local Governing Committee (LGC)

• To advise the LGC on the delivery of its core functions and ensure it operates within the Trust’s agreed protocols and procedures
• To develop and maintain effective professional working relationships with the Chair of the LGC, governors and the Headteacher

Membership

• Maintain accurate records for the LGC in relation to governor appointments, terms of office, attendance, training, pecuniary interests, resignations and any change in governor details, and ensure that both the website and ‘Get Information About Schools’ is kept up to date.  
• Advise governors and appointing bodies in advance of the expiry of a governor’s term of office,

Manage Information

• Maintain records of committee membership and any nominated link governors 
• Ensure that a record of approved minutes is kept on the Governors Portal and are made available on request; 

Personal Development

• Undertake appropriate and regular training and development to maintain knowledge and improve practice 
• Participate in regular performance management 

Additional Services

• To attend exclusion reviews and produce accurate minutes in line with agreed time scales and trust protocols
• Assist with the elections of parent and staff governors 

For more information about the role please contact us on 01942 511987 or email dtwoffice@deantrustwigan.co.uk.

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.

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

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.

About Dean Trust Wigan

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 770 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dean Trust Wigan website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dean-trust-wigan

Dean Trust Wigan is part of The Dean Trust, which has a number of very high performing schools and a proven track record of sustained improvement. The Dean Trust’s core values include traditional academic education, excellent discipline and respect, resulting in improved attainment and progress. “Believe, Achieve, Succeed” has been embraced by all of the schools in The Dean Trust.

Ofsted October 2023- 'Pupils and staff at the school are right to identify the Dean Trust Wigan as an improving school...The school has high expectations for pupils’ academic achievement. Pupils understand how they should behave. Most pupils meet the school’s raised expectations for behaviour. In lessons, most pupils embody the school’s values of ‘be ready, be respectful, be responsible’ through their improved attitudes to learning'.

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