PT, Term Time Governance Professional. Education. 30 hpw (term time). Up to £42,5000 FTE*. Hemel.

Are you looking for a new role where you can use your exceptional administration and organisational skills to great use? This part time, term time only role could be a great opportunity for you. 

Our Client

Our client is an educational organisation based in Hemel.

The Role

To lead and manage governance services across our multi-site client, ensuring compliance, effectiveness, and continuous improvement. The role encompasses strategic leadership of governance frameworks, advisory support to the Board, Executive Team and Local Advisory Bodies, and oversight of statutory compliance. Clerking duties will remain a key part of the role, with the aid of technology.

• Strategic Leadership of Governance: Develop and implement the governance strategy aligned with strategic objectives. Monitoring effectiveness of governance structures and recommending improvements.

• Governance Frameworks: Support design, maintain and review governance documentation and structure to include schemes of delegation, committee structures, governance processes and policies.

• Policy control: Co-ordinate policy review cycles and ensuring statutory documents are reviewed, approved and published.

• Advisory Role: Provide expert advice on governance law, policy, and compliance to trustees, committees, governors and executive team.

• Company Secretary Duties: Oversee Companies House filings, maintain statutory registers, and ensure compliance with charity and company law.

• Recruitment and Succession Planning of governance roles: Develop and implement succession plans for trustees, governors, and members to ensure continuity, diversity, and the right skill mix. Lead recruitment and induction processes.

• Development & Training: Design and encourage CPD programmes for trustees and governors; support external governance reviews and ensure everybody within the governance community understands the importance of their role.

• Clerking responsibilities: Act as Clerk for the Trust Board, its committees, and Local Advisory Bodies, ensuring accurate agendas, minutes, and follow-up actions, supported by software. Develop the annual governance calendar and provide guidance on meeting conduct.

• Additional Clerking and Panel Coordination: Act as the point of contact for processes relating to exclusions, complaints, and HR panels. Provide procedural advice and ensure panels are properly constituted, compliant with statutory requirements, and supported effectively.

• Personal CPD: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the education sector and legislation impacting governance frameworks and processes.

• Coordinating communication: Facilitate effective communication across the governance community, including Chairs’ Forums, Governance Socials, and the Annual General Meeting

The Candidate

Our client is looking for a candidate with the ability to design and implement governance strategies and frameworks. An exceptional administrator, you will have excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a commitment to professional development and continuous improvement.

Ideally, although not essentially, candidates will have a professional governance qualification (e.g., NGA Level 4, CGI accreditation), experience in a similar role and/or a strong understanding of company and charity law, and regulatory frameworks.

The successful candidate will be able to independently travel to all sites across Hemel Hempstead and Watford.

The Terms

This great part time role is being offered at 30 hours per week term time. You will be based from a site in Hemel and attendance at all governance meetings is essential, including a mix of on-site and remote sessions, some of which may take place early mornings or evenings. A flexible approach and the ability to travel independently across all Trust sites are required.

A salary band of £32,790 to £42,500 FTE* (£23,557 - £30,533 actual per annum) is available, depending on skills and experience along with a substantial benefits package and term time only working.

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*Full time equivalent – actual salary will depend on hours worked