Governance Professional

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom Children First Academy Trust Full time

Job description

The Governance Professional will 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. The Governance Professional is both a strategic and operational position at the heart of governance operations of the Trust. There are three core purposes, as follows:

- Co-ordination of all tiers of governance and stakeholder engagement, including liaison with third-party clerks,
- Developing the Trust’s governance framework, scheme of delegation and policy cycle; and
- Co-ordination of the assurance cycle.

Working Days can be worked flexibly. We have 5 evening Board meetings per year and 1 away day that you would be required to attend. Dates are planned in advance. We are open to discussion around how you work the 21 hours so please get in touch if you would like to discuss this.

**Why work for Children First Academy Trust?**

Formed in April 2019, Children First Academy Trust was established through five local primary schools coming together as equal partners, recognising the value of working together to improve the education we can provide for our children. All the schools are located in the London borough of Enfield and are situated within 3 miles of each other.

This year all of our schools were graded good or outstanding or putting us in a great place to welcome other schools into the Trust.

We can offer you:

- A key role helping us to ensure our Trust has a highly effective governance provision, this is a new role, giving you the opportunity to feed into its development.
- Competitive salary for the right person.
- Strong, committed governors and a very experienced board of trustees.
- A supportive, collaborative team.
- Local Government Scheme with 19% employer contribution.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Term time only.
- Flexible/hybrid working - due to the nature of this role we are very open to discussing options.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- The opportunity to grow with us.
- Commitment to your professional development as a governance professional with support to gain accreditation.



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