Governor - The Smith Foundation

2 weeks ago

Halifax West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Calderdale Council Full time

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Job description

The William Henry Smith School & Sixth Form and College are looking for new volunteer governors with professional background/experience in Further Education, Finance, HR or Legal to join our friendly, successful and hardworking Governing Board. Our governors come from a range of different backgrounds, have diverse skills and experience, and all share a commitment to providing the best possible education, care and health for our children and young adults.


• Are you interested in special education, and the wellbeing and progress of children and young adults who
face social, emotional and mental health challenges?
• Are you community spirited and would you like to play a vital part in an organisation with an outstanding
reputation, which is continually looking to further improve?
• Do you have an enquiring mind and the confidence to ask questions and debate issues that affect the
school and sixth form and Specialist College and its growing and developing services?


APPLICATION INFORMATION
Visits to The Smith Foundation are encouraged. For further information on this post please contact
Vanessa.Talbot@thesmithfoundation.org.uk or the HR department on email address:
HR@thesmithfoundation.org.uk


All our roles are by application via TES.com. Please apply by visiting our vacancies page on the Foundation
website (please note we do not accept CV’s

The Governing Board of our school, sixth form and college play a key role in:
• Setting targets for raising standards of educational achievement, and supporting care, and health and
wellbeing.
• Monitoring progress towards meeting these targets.
• Supporting and challenging the performance of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Deciding policy and future development plans.


As well as attending meetings 6 times a year, governors are asked to look at specific areas of work in more
detail to help with monitoring and attend Open Days 3 times a year. To support governors, everyone has access
to training to help build on existing skills and to develop new ones.


LINKS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST: -
• National Governors Association Be a school governor or trustee - National Governance Association
(nga.org.uk) 
• The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form Website: The William Henry Smith School
(whschool.org.uk) 


The school values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is
reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. We are also committed to promoting
the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of both students and staff, and one which reflects life in
modern Britain.

OUR OFFER:
• An opportunity to contribute to improving the lives of children, young adults and their families.
• A chance to develop skills in strategic management.
• The opportunity to work with our team of governors and staff in further improving our organisation
and its services.
• A sense of achievement in making a difference
• The pleasure of helping students reach their potential, and receive the education, health and care
they deserve.
• Personal health and fitness training, and a financial advisory service
• Travel expenses

The Smith Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults
and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe
workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicant will be appointed subject to
references and enhanced DBS check (this is a position working in regulated activity). The successful candidate
will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding
behaviour at all times. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches in accordance with KCSIE 2023.

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