Governance Professional

North Yorkshire Council; Northallerton; Ibrido; GBP 30.000 - 46.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Mileage reimbursed

Descrizione del lavoro

North Yorkshire Council is seeking a Governance Professional to support governing boards across North Yorkshire. The role is permanent but term-time only, focusing on primary and secondary settings with travel between schools.

You will attend meetings in person or virtually, prepare papers, record minutes and maintain membership records. A flexible, community-focused professional with transport is essential.

Competenze

• Attention to detail and ability to build positive professional relationships.
• Motivated, organised with excellent communication and customer care skills.
• Flexible to attend meetings in the afternoons or early evenings and work from home.

Mansioni

• Liaise with the Headteacher and Chair of Governors before each governing body meeting.
• Compile and distribute papers using an online portal within agreed timescales.
• Keep accurate membership records.
• Attend governing board meetings in person or virtually, producing accurate minutes and actions within timescales.
• Provide advice and support to the governing board to ensure compliance with statutory legislation and requirements.
• Attend keeping in touch and line-management meetings with a named Senior Governance Officer.

Descrizione del lavoro

Join our Professional Governance Service!

We are looking for a Governance Professional who will work closely with Governing Boards and further build on our reputation of excellence in supporting the delivery of our service across North Yorkshire.

About the Service

North Yorkshire Council has a reputation for delivering high quality services and our new Professional Governance Service shares this ambition.

The role of the Governance Professional offers a unique opportunity for exceptional individuals to join our new professional governance service on a permanent but flexible basis. This position is term-time only.

About the role

Typically, you will work with an allocation of schools within an agreed geographical area. We currently have vacancies across North Yorkshire and in particular central North Yorkshire and to serve schools in the Doncaster area.

You will be required to attend meetings in person at school, (occasionally meetings are held virtually by prior agreement), so your own transport is essential. You are allocated 10 hours for a primary school per meeting and 11 hours for a secondary school meeting this includes preparation, attendance at the meeting (usually 2 hours) writing up the minutes and any related communication.

Main Duties:

• Liaising with the Headteacher and Chair of Governors prior to each governing body meeting
• Compiling and distributing papers using an online portal within agreed timescales
• Keeping accurate membership records
• Attending governing board meetings in person, and/or virtually by agreement, at allocated schools and producing accurate minutes, including agreed actions, within agreed timescales
• Providing advice and support to the governing board to ensure compliance with statutory legislation and requirements
• Attending keeping in touch and line-management meetings with a named Senior Governance Officer

What we’re looking for:

You may already be an experienced clerk, or a new entrant into the profession with transferrable skills relevant to the role but you will:-

• Have attention to detail and the ability to build positive professional relationships.
• Be motivated, organised and have excellent communication and customer care skills.
• Have the ability to work flexibly, attend meetings in the afternoons or early evening and have a suitable space to complete all other work from home.
• Have a drive to contribute to their local community and be passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people.

• Mileage costs are reimbursed.

Key Dates:

Closing date: 13th November 2026

Interview date: 26th November 2026

Venue: County Hall, Northallerton