About this role
Required for 1 August, the Trustees are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, experienced Governance Professional to be responsible for overseeing all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the trust, ensuring governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.
You will be required to support the efficient and effective operation of the trust board and its committees; ensuring governance at all levels is carrying out its functions; supporting the clerks of the Local Governing Board as required; leading on development of the trust’s governance framework and driving improvements to its systems, processes and structures and managing and coordinating the delivery and ongoing improvement of governance support across the trust.
Depending on experience and qualifications the role attracts a pay range between BCAT 7 - BCAT 9. (BCAT 7: Level 3 Clerking, BCAT 8: Level 4 Academy Governance, BCAT 9: Chartered Governance).
The ability to work evenings to clerk committee meetings which usually run between 5 – 8pm, some of which will be face-to-face in Canterbury and some on-line are essential as is the ability to work flexible hours as the job role requires.
The job role would suit someone who wishes to work flexibly with a zero hours contract or someone who wishes to be employed by an SLA agreement. The hours of work are expected to be equivalent to 2-3days per week, 0.4FTE - 0.6FTE.