Governance Clerk in Stoke-on-Trent

Location: Stoke-on-Trent

Salary: £33.50 per hour

Recruiter: Leigh Academies Trust

Job Hours: Full-time

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Effective administrative support and governance are essential to the success of our Trust, and our team of PAs are crucial in ensuring the Executive Team and Directors can efficiently fulfil their positions.

Leigh Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust (MAT) which comprises of primary, secondary and special needs academies across South East London and Kent, educating over 20,000 students on a daily basis.

We have an exciting new vacancy for a Governance Clerk to join us from September 2024.

The successful candidate must be able to work to a highly professional and organised standard.

The successful applicant will also have a genuine interest in school governance, ensuring they keep abreast with current educational developments and legislation affecting schools.

Previous experience of clerking meetings in an educational setting is essential.

We can offer you:

An extremely supportive, friendly team and work environment

Commitment to job-specific training

Commitment to personal professional development

The opportunity to be part of Leigh Academies Trust, benefiting from shared resources and support and being part of an innovative governance structure

Our ideal candidate will be:

Well organised and have the ability to work to tight deadlines

Flexible and adaptable to suit the needs and requirements of the Trust

Confident in communicating with personnel at all levels and with stakeholders from central and local government, governors, sponsors and a diverse range of individuals and groups within the local community

Able to remain professional when handling confidential material

Knowledgeable on governance procedures and educational legislation and guidance and/or willingness to develop knowledge

Able to demonstrate integrity in all that they do

This role offers £33.

50 per hour and the hours will be agreed in advance.

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2022, our Trust comprises 30 geographically organised academies (14 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff.

The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway.

In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust.

This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together.

You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.

We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date.

Applicants will be notified of this where possible.

Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

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About Leigh Academies Trust

leighacademiestrust.org.uk

Leigh Academies Trust has gone from strength to strength since its creation and is now one of the country’s most successful multi-academy trusts. The Trust was formed in 2008 with the linking of the Leigh Technology Academy and Longfield Academy under one governing body. Today, we encompass more than 20,000 students between the ages of 2 months and 19 in over 30 primary, secondary and special academies including one all-through academy and one grammar school.

We are one of the country’s largest and most-established multi-academy trusts operating across Kent, Medway and South East London. LAT contains primary, secondary and special academies and is highly inclusive and successful. Our mission is to deliver “education for a better world” by ensuring that young people in our academies have an excellent start in life regardless of their background or ability.

We are a non-profit making charitable company, based in Strood, Medway. The Trust exists to support and assist schools to build upon their existing strengths and to help them achieve rapid educational transformation. It has significant experience in running schools, and today includes both sponsored academies and schools which have chosen to convert to academy status.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching.

Benefits for LAT employees: We strive to offer a range of benefits that all employees can take advantage of which we regularly review and improve, based on what our staff want and need - visit our website to see what you’d receive as a member of staff with Leigh Academies Trust.