School Governor (Hexham) - Volunteer

Governors for Schools; Hexham; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

Governors for Schools is looking for volunteers in Hexham to serve as school governors. This role involves strategic management, accountability, and collaboration with the Head Teacher. No specific experience is needed, but soft skills like leadership and communication are valued.

As a governor, you’ll influence decisions impacting schools and contribute to their improvement and ethos. Join us to make a meaningful difference in education.

Qualifications

• Must be over 18 years old.
• No specific skills or experience required to become a school governor.
• Professional experience in HR, finance, law or project management is useful.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accountability for the school's operations.
• Act as a critical friend to the Head Teacher.
• Monitor and evaluate the school's progress.
• Oversee budgetary allocation and control.
• Shape plans for school improvement.
• Set the school's aims and values.
• Appoint senior staff members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

HR

Finance

Law

Project Management

Job description

Do you want to be inspired by the impact of education? Schools across the Hexham area are looking for skilled volunteers to support education by becoming school governors.

What difference will you make?

Governors make decisions that affect schools for years to come. Our recent impact survey found that our volunteers bring £9.9 million worth of value to schools each year, and 9/10 volunteers would recommend being a governor to a friend.

As a governor, you can visit the school to gain an understanding of the culture and ethos and to get the most out of the role. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet children, parents, and teachers, and see the impact of your work first-hand.

What are we looking for?

You don’t need any specific skills or experience to be a school governor. You must be over 18, but you don’t need to be a parent or have experience working in education. Often, it’s the outside perspective you can bring that a school needs.

Professional experience in areas such as HR, finance, law, or project management are all useful to a school. But soft skills such as leadership, communication, and problem solving are also great additions.

Job Type

Hybrid.

What will you be doing?

Governing bodies are responsible for the strategic management of a school and will make decisions about a wide range of issues.

The Core Responsibilities Involved Are

• Ensuring accountability
• Acting as a ‘critical friend’ to the Head Teacher
• Monitoring and evaluating the school’s progress
• Budgetary allocation and control
• Shaping plans for school improvement and overseeing their implementation
• Setting the school’s aims and values
• Appointing senior members of staff including the Head Teacher

The governing body is usually split in to a small number of committees, each responsible for one area such as finance or pupil achievement. These committees will meet separately from the main governing body to discuss relevant issues in more detail. Discussion is then fed back at a full governing body meeting.

A school governing body is made up of representatives from the school, the parents, the local authority and the local community.