Deputy Clerk to The Governors

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- The King's School, Canterbury

28/02/2025
- Deputy Clerk to the Governors

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

**Salary**

£13,200 per annum (£31,800 full time equivalent) plus 16.5% holiday pay

**Contractual hours**

20

**Basis**

Part Time

**Job category/type**

Administration

**Date posted**

07/02/2025

**Job reference**

VAC00469

**20 hours per week, 34 weeks per year**

King's School, Canterbury is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented _Deputy Clerk to the Governors_ to support its governance and compliance operations. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the strategic functioning of the school, working closely with the Clerk to the Governors and the governors themselves.
- The _position is virtual with some flexibility regarding hours and days._

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Governance Support**: Maintain accurate records for the Foundation and individual governors, including training and compliance documentation.
- **Meeting Coordination**: Organise all governor meetings, handle scheduling, distribute meeting papers, book rooms.
- **Minute Taking**: Attend meetings, draft agendas, take accurate minutes, and compile draft records for review by governors.
- **Policy & Compliance Administration**: Ensure that all governance documents are up-to-date, liaise with external organisations, and handle statutory compliance documents.
- **Website & Intranet Management**: Regularly update the governors' section on the school’s intranet and website.
- **Event Support**: Assist in arranging governor training, and other relevant meetings as directed by the Clerk to the Governors.
- **Strong IT Proficiency**: Proficient in MS Office, Zoom, MS Teams, and other virtual collaboration tools.
- **Attention to Detail**: Able to manage schedules and documents with meticulous care.
- **Confident Communication**: Clear and professional in both written and verbal interactions, comfortable liaising with senior staff and external parties.
- **Prior Experience**: Experience in minute-taking and large meeting organisation preferred.
- **Education**: Educated to at least A-Level standard (or equivalent).
- **Commitment**: Sympathetic to the aims and values of King’s School, Canterbury.
- Deputy Clerk to the Governors