Local Governance Support Officer

3 weeks ago

Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen Council Full time

Job description

Do you want to join a team that provides outstanding leadership, strategic direction, and support to some of the best schools in the country? Do you want to play your part in ensuring the delivery of outstanding learning and teaching to young people in disadvantaged communities? If so, joining the Star team might just be the best career move you ever make.

**About **Star Central**

Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute, and our schools.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.

**Who we’re looking for**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Star Central Governance team, working as a Local Governance Support Officer. You will work closely with many key individuals at the heart of our decision-making process.

We are looking for an individual who has exceptional writing skills, is able to understand and present information clearly, and can manage and prioritise competing demands and deadlines.

Working closely with Principals, Chairs, and other Star Central staff, you will primarily support our school Local Accountability Boards by providing an efficient governance support and advice service, that meets statutory and regulatory compliance requirements. This will enable our school Governors to make effective decisions and provide key scrutiny to the schools they serve.

You will work as part of an expanding and professional team who will enable you to develop and demonstrate your skills in a supportive environment. This vacancy is an excellent opportunity for someone who wishes to start or progress their career in the academy/corporate governance sector.

**You will have**:

- A Level/NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient in editing documents with the ability to correct spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors; ensuring clear formatting and presentation.
- The ability to manage your own workload effectively.
- Experience or the skills to work within a professional office environment.
- An awareness and interest in academy/corporate governance and the need to ensure regulatory needs are met.

**About Star Academies**

**Star Academies** is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment, and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our **STAR values** embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our learning and development centre, **Star Institute**. With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level.

We can also offer you a range of **rewards and benefits**, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements, car salary sacrifice scheme and healthcare cash plans.

**Find out more**

Please download the job description and person specification below for further information about the role. For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please contact Star Central by calling 0330 313 9800.

**Key Dates**

**Closing Date**: Sunday 3 September 2023.

**Interview Date**:Monday 11 September 2023.

**Proposed Start Date**: As soon as possible (September/October 2023)

**Application Process**

**Our Commitment**
- We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination._

**Job details**:
Job reference
- REQ02117

Date posted
- 03/08/2023

Application closing date
- 03/09/2023

Location
- Blank

Salary
- £24,496 to £26,845 per annum, pro rata.

Package
- Blank

Contractual hours
- Blank

Basis
- Blank

Job category/type
- Schools

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