Clerk to Governors

SEARCH Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. The successful applicant with therefore be required to complete checks in line with the requirement of Keeping Children Safe in Education with regard to DBS and other pre-employment checks.

We encourage applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population.

Clerk to Governors

Contract Type: Part Time role (Term Time) minute taking at online Local Governing Body meetings once per half term (generally on Thursday evenings 5.30pm – 8pm) plus related preparatory and follow up work. This equates to 36 hours’ worth of board meetings work for term time. This work can all be done remotely. 

An additional 3 hours per week (term time) for administrative duties such as supporting the Governance Manager. This equates to 117 hours for term time. This work is to be carried out at the Trust’s office at Heartlands High School. Total hours equate to 153 Hours for 39 weeks per annum

Salary: NJC Scale 4 Point 7 to 10 £25,629 to £26,913 pro rata, Actual salary £1,949.8 to £2,047.48

Closing date for applications: Monday 5th December 2022 at 10 a.m.

Interview date: Interview date to be confirmed

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About the role

We are seeking a Trust ‘Clerk to Governors’ who can provide high-quality support to the Trust in this new and exciting post. The Clerk to Governors role will involve providing effective administrative sup-port to the Trust Governance Manager and ensuring the governing board is properly constituted. The clerk will need to be flexible and play a key role in governance effectiveness and smooth running of board meetings by working with the chair and Headteacher. 

Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience, you will need to have strong interpersonal and communications skills and excellent ICT skills. Above all you are adaptable and energetic, with a high level of integrity and organizational skills as well as the ability build positive relationships with members of the board and at all levels.

About us

SEARCH Education Trust was established in May 2013 as Heartlands Community Trust when Heartlands High School converted into an academy. In July 2021 we adopted SEARCH Education Trust as our name, and developed our vision and principles which celebrate our origins whilst opening up a shared space for other schools or Trusts to join us in co-creating a bright and supportive future together in the contemporary educational landscape where all schools are being encouraged to join together in the pursuit of excellence. The Trust has two schools - Heartlands High School is over sub-scribed and a first-choice school for parents and students in the local community. Our intake is diverse and is a real reflection of the community that we serve. The Grove School, a very successful all through academy, which caters for the needs of learners with autism and maintains strong links with main-stream provision in the Trust.

We have a commitment to developing schools with a strong ethos, outstanding achievement, high- quality teaching and learning, and by creating exciting partnerships.

We offer great training and development opportunities to all of our staff, plus excellent benefits and career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust.

If this role is of interest to you and you can contribute to our future success, an application pack is available on our website via TES. Should you require any other details please contact: hr@earcheducationtrust.com

For more information visit: https://searcheducationtrust.com/ and information for Prospective staff

Completed application forms must be submitted via TES by 10 a.m. on Monday 5th December 2022. Interview date to be confirmed.

NB: Please note that in line with the new Keeping Children Safe in Education updates, an online search will be conducted as part of our due diligence checks on all shortlisted candidates. CV’s or incomplete application forms will not be considered. Only those that are shortlisted will be contacted by the school. Applications may be considered whilst the posts are being advertised. SEARCH Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline. We advise early applications are submitted.