Governance Professional

1 month ago


Sevenoaks, United Kingdom Inspire Academy Movement Full time

**Inspire Academy Movement**

Respect, Compassion, Community, Perseverance, Aspiration, Independence

Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.

**Governance Professional**

Responsible to the CEO and Chair of Trustees

**Job details**

**Salary**: £39,000 full time (KR10), pro rata £14,635.14

**Hours**: 16 hours per week (39 weeks of the year). This will increase with Trust growth.

**Contract type**:Part-time, permanent

**Reporting to**:CEO and Chair of Trustees

**Main purpose**

The governance professional is Inspire Academy Movement’s head of governance, supporting effective governance for the board and local governing bodies by coordinating work across the trust’s levels of governance and advising on constitutional and procedural matters.

The governance professional manages compliance, ensuring the trust adheres to its governing documents and the regulations set out by its regulators.

The governance professional supports the effective operation of the trust, and works to uphold and promote its vision and values.

**Duties and responsibilities**

The duties and responsibilities listed below are indicative of the tasks the governance professional of Inspire Academy Movement will perform, and are not intended to be an exhaustive list. The post holder will be expected to take on additional responsibilities appropriate to the role as they arise.

**Governance**

The governance professional will be accountable for supporting high standards of governance at every level of the trust’s operation.

The governance professional will:

- Organise board and committee meetings, ensuring coordination and effective communication between these
- Work with the Chair and other senior trust leaders to formulate meeting agendas
- Advise trust leaders presenting and reporting to board or committee meetings
- Collect, organise and distribute agendas, minutes, reports or other relevant documentation ahead of meetings
- Ensure that all meetings are minuted, that meeting minutes are certified, and that appropriate records are maintained
- Keep accurate records of matters, actions and decisions arising from meetings, and follow up on these as required
- Ensure that boards, committees and meetings are properly constituted, and that clear terms of reference are in place
- Establish, implement, and monitor the election and appointment of processes for members, trustees and local governing bodies
- Support the effective induction of new members, trustees, and governors, including arranging DBS checks
- Advise on all governance matters, including constitutional and procedural issues, and the legal and regulatory implications for board plans and decisions
- Lead the trust’s governance support team, determining their roles and objectives, reviewing performance and managing their professional development
- Arrange the annual members’ meeting, including preparing and circulating documents, supporting trustees preparations, and minuting the meeting
- Ensure the trust complies with its articles of association, and liaise with the Secretary of State for Education and Diocese of Rochester to amend these where appropriate
- Ensure the trust’s governance arrangements reflect best practice, and advise on adaptations to the Trust’s scheme of delegation as the trust develops

**Compliance**

The governance professional will be accountable for establishing and monitoring the trust’s compliance procedures, and for ensuring that it adheres to the requirements and regulations placed upon it.

The governance professional will:

- Lead the processes of compliance with the trust’s articles of association on all non-financial matters, including reporting requirements, working with other senior trust leaders as required
- Ensure that the trust complies with relevant legislation and company law
- Ensure that the trust complies with its regulators’ requirements, including those set by the Department for Education, the Education and Skills Funding Agency, the Charity Commission and Companies House
- Oversee the production of reports required by various bodies, including end of year accounts returns and Companies House filings, and ensure that these are submitted and/or published on time

**Administration**

The governance professional will be accountable for supporting the effective operation of the trust, and for supporting the trust’s leaders to discharge their duties appropriately.

The governance professional will:

- Maintain the trust’s registers of members, members of the board of trustees, board member interests, meeting attendance records, skills audits, gifts and hospitality accepted and refused, local governing body interests, local governing body gifts and hospitality and respond to requests concerning the informatio



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