Governance Officer / Clerk to SBA Board

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to join our busy team providing a professional governance and company secretarial service to the LSBU Group, comprising London South Bank University, South Bank Academies (SBA) and South Bank Colleges (SBC). The role is 3 days a week and will focus on supporting the SBA Board and its governance.

You should have excellent interpersonal skills, be able to form collaborative professional relationships, be proactive and have the ability to manage a wide and varied workload to tight deadlines.

The ability to deal politely and professionally with all members of the LSBU Group, our academy schools and external professionals is essential to the role.

The post holder will support meetings of the SBA Board and its sub-committees, manage the clerking services to the School Advisory Boards and undertake a range of other governance and company secretarial tasks.

Educated to degree level, ideally you should have experience of academy school governance and have an interest in qualifying, or have qualified, as a chartered secretary. 

London South Bank University is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Details about the role

This is a permanent part time role – 21 hours a week.

Please note that the University is operating a hybrid working model which means a mix of working on site and from home, confirmation of days work on campus are arranged with the line manager.

Application process

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter clearly addressing the essential selection criteria detailed in the Job Description.

Interview and assessment process

The deadline for the receipt of applications is 5th June 2022

It is expected that the interview (and assessment) will be held shortly after the closing date.

Please Note: The Job Reference # for this post is REQ7220

Employment Visa: 

Under the UK Governments PSB scheme this role does not meet the criteria to be sponsored by LSBU for a Skilled Worker Route (SWR) application.

Please be advised that currently LSBU will only support the Certificate of Sponsorship for any employment visas and will not support the payment of the employment visa for the offered candidate and/or dependants.

Recruitment Process:

The email account you use to apply will be used for recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor. 

We are currently conducting interviews online using MS Teams and where Covid rules permit you may be asked to attend an interview on campus.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.