Chair of Governors

3 weeks ago


London, UK, United Kingdom GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL SCHOOL Full time

We are looking for a Chair of Governors (volunteering role)

GOSH school has sites both at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College Hospital, providing an excellent education to 2-19 year olds.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference for our children and be part of our continuing journey.

Join our dedicated governing board and make a lasting impact on our hospital school. As Chair, you will lead, inspire, and guide our team to provide exceptional education and support to children with medical needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee board meetings and decision-making
  • Ensure effective governance and accountability
  • Support the headteacher and senior leadership team, being a ‘critical friend’
  • Represent the school in the wider community

Skills/ Attributes needed:

Candidates should be able to demonstrate a good selection of the skills/attributes set out below:

  • Strong commitment to the school’s ethos and principles
  • Strong desire to improve the educational outcomes for children with medical needs
  • Strong commitment to Equity
  • Commitment to time
  • Good understanding of the environment in which the school is operating and wider education policy
  • Understanding of the challenges faced by children with medical needs
  • Personal integrity
  • Negotiation and diplomacy skills
  • Good understanding of the legal responsibilities of the Governing Body
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Ability to chair meetings well
  • Ability to have difficult conversations and make challenging decisions
  • Ability to build and get the best out of a team
  • Capacity to process information quickly and understand relevant data
  • Ability to delegate

Experience needed/desired:

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience of chairing meetings (not necessarily as school governor)
  • Successfully led a team
  • Experience of the education/health sectors
  • Experience of effective public relations

Benefits:

  • Opportunity to make a difference
  • Valuable and unique leadership experience
  • Professional development opportunities

If you're passionate about education and ready to take on this rewarding role, please send your CV through to Swagata Basu Pajor, HR Manager, via the button below.

The Children’s Hospital School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults (please visit our website to view this policy) and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant checks.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Neela Moorghen

Headteacher



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