Relief Governance Support Assistant

The Gorse Academies Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An educational organization in Leeds is looking for a Relief Governance Support Assistant to handle clerking responsibilities during governance meetings. This casual position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality. Evening work and flexibility to cover across the trust are essential. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting governance efforts and ensuring effective communication within the academy. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for development.

Benefits

Membership in a teacher or local government pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support

Cycle to work scheme worth £2,000

Qualifications

• Proficiency in written English for drafting and proofreading tasks.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and impartiality.
• Flexibility and adaptability for covering various roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide relief clerking support during governance meetings.
• Assist with administrative tasks related to governance.
• Handle confidential information with care.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to word process, draft, and proofread

Ability to deal sensitively with confidential information

Flexibility to provide cover across the trust

Job description

Required to start: January 2026

This is an hourly paid, casual position, requiring evening work.

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Relief Governance Support Assistant. This role is of great importance to our work as an academy. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing relief clerking support in line with the annual governance meeting schedule.

Potential applicants should have

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to word process, draft and proofread using a high standard of written English.
• The ability to deal sensitively with confidential information and remain impartial.
• Flexibility to provide cover across the trust.

What we offer you

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us

Led by Sir John Townsley, the nationally renowned GORSE Academies Trust has a central mission; to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. We achieve this through providing all students, but particularly those who have the most challenging and complex backgrounds, with a rigorous and academic education which challenges and develops them, not only academically, but also socially. We believe that this will prepare them for life not only in Britain, but across the world.

We aspire for our young people to acquire the Gift of Choice, that is the ability for them to be able to actively choose their next steps, at whatever age, as opposed to having avenues closed off to them as a consequence of a poor skillset or qualifications base. The impact of the work of by professionals can be acutely seen in the trust's performance, for example, in 2022-23 GORSE was the highest performing trust in the country (for trusts with 5 or more schools in them) for whole cohort Progress 8 and for disadvantaged Progress 8. Furthermore, the trust is proud that all of its establishments (with the exception of those that are currently ungraded) are Ofsted Good or Outstanding. This is only possible because of the exceptional members of staff and the tremendous support offered within the trust.

If you would like to know more about our Trust, please visit our website at www.tgat.org.uk.

How to Apply

If you are as excited about this role as we are, you can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and Application Form from this page , request them by email at [email protected] or call us on 0113 487 8888.

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.

We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010), to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

GORSE Policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders

The GORSE Academies Trust use 'OnlineSCR' for the processing of safeguarding checks - their privacy notice can be seen at: https://onlinescr.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy/.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.