Governance Professional to the Board of Trustees

Three Counties Academy Trust; Bromyard; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Three Counties Academy Trust is seeking a Governance Professional for its Board of Trustees in Bromyard. The role includes providing administrative support, ensuring governance effectiveness, and compliance, with a part-time contract of 65 hours annually. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and writing skills and a qualification in governance.

Benefits

Collaborative working environment

Supportive ethos for well-being

Excellent CPD opportunities

Membership to pension schemes

Access to Spectrum Life

Qualifications

• Governance Professional qualification or working towards.
• Experience of setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams.
• Ability to use appropriate IT equipment as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical, secretarial and administrative support to the Board of Trustees.
• Draft agendas and keep records of governance meetings.
• Ensure governance adheres to good practice and legal requirements.

Skills

Good general communication skills

Excellent, accurate, and concise writing skills

Good organisational skills

Tact, diplomacy, confidentiality and sensitivity

Education

Governance Professional qualification or working towards

Tools

Microsoft 365

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Governance Professional to the Board of Trustees, Bromyard

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Three Counties Academy Trust

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Bromyard, United Kingdom

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Governance Professional to TCAT Board of Trustees

Start Date: 1st September 2025 or before

Contract: Permanent, Part time, 65 hours per annum

Salary: Grade Scale TC04 (scale point 4-6)

Three Counties Academy Trust (TCAT) includes the Queen Elizabeth High School, St Peter’s Primary School, Bredenbury Primary School and Stoke Prior Primary School.

TCAT are looking to appoint an organised and proactive governance professional to provide a range of high-quality clerical, secretarial and administrative support to the Board of Trustees and its committees. Working together with our Chair of Trustees, our governance professional will be responsible for co-ordinating all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the Trust, ensuring governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. This will include providing legislative and procedural guidance, drafting agendas, keeping records of membership, training, and attendance across the Trust’s governance structure.

Please note that termly governance meetings are scheduled outside of school/office working hours to accommodate our governance volunteers. The specific arrangements regarding working hours will be discussed and agreed with the successful applicant.

The successful candidate(s) will have:

• Governance Professional qualification or working towards

• Good general communication skills

• Excellent, accurate, and concise writing skills

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365

• Good organisational skills – able to prioritise workload

• Excellent record keeping, information retrieval and dissemination of governing body data/documentation

• Tact, diplomacy, confidentiality and sensitivity

• Ability to use appropriate IT equipment as required by the governing body

• Experience of setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams

• An ability to speak with confidence and accuracy, using accurate sentence structures and vocabulary.

What we offer:

Three Counties Academy Trust (TCAT) recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits:

• Collaborative working to support our endeavours to work smarter and achieve an effective balance between home and work.

• A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues.

• A successful ECT support program and new staff mentoring

• Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression.

• Membership to the Local Government (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS).

• Access to Spectrum Life

Closing date: 12:00noon Wednesday 9th July 2025

Interview Date: w/cMonday 14th July 2025

Safeguarding Statement

Three Counties Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to understand and share this commitment. We have a shared commitment to develop a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated. We welcome all applications, including those from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.