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Governance professional

Governance professional

Vanguard Learning Trust

Hillingdon

  • £32,988.23 - £46,427 per year
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  • Expired
Salary:
NJC Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2023
Apply by:
19 June 2023

Job overview

Salary: Actual salary: £32,988.23-£46,427.00 depending on skill set and experience. A competitive salary will be considered for a highly experienced individual.

Working Days: Full-time, term-time only, Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. Flexible working will be required for early morning and evening meetings.

Required for September 2023

Vanguard Learning Trust is keen to recruit a governance professional who will embrace our Trust’s vision and support one of our aims to engender collective responsibility across our Trust.

The governance professional is responsible for overseeing all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the Trust, ensuring governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.

The governance professional is both a strategic and operational position at the heart of governance operations of the Trust. There are three core purposes, as follows:

● Co-ordination of all tiers of governance and stakeholder engagement, including clerking meetings and managing third-party clerks;

● Developing the Trust’s governance framework, scheme of delegation and policy cycle; and

● Co-ordination of the assurance cycle including internal and external reviews of governance.

The successful candidate will be based at our Trust central base, at Field End Junior School, with travel between our schools as required. Hybrid working arrangements will be available.

Why work for Vanguard Learning Trust?

Vanguard Learning Trust is a cross-phase Trust in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Our Trust currently has five schools: Field End Junior School, Hermitage Primary School, Ruislip High School, Ryefield Primary School and Vyners School. Oak Farm Primary School has recently joined as an associate member. The successful candidate will be provided with professional development opportunities and will play a key role in ensuring that our Trust has a highly effective governance provision.

An application form can be downloaded from our Trust’s website https://vlt.org.uk/Vacancies/ where all information about this post can be obtained.

Applications should be returned to:

Stephen Burns, HR Manager, via email to: recruitment@vlt.org.uk.

CLOSING DATE: 10:00am on Monday 19th June 2023

INTERVIEW DATE: Wednesday 21st June 2023

Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.

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About Vanguard Learning Trust

+44 1895 234342

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Vanguard Learning Trust is a cross-phase Trust in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Vyners Learning Trust was established in February 2015 when Ryefield Primary School and Vyners School formed the multi-academy trust. In September 2018, Ruislip High School joined our Trust which was renamed Vanguard Learning Trust. Our Trust currently has five schools: Field End Junior School, Hermitage School, Ruislip High School, Ryefield Primary School and Vyners School. Oak Farm Primary School has been an associate member of the Trust since the summer term of 2023. The Trust employs over 500 staff and has a population of circa 4000 students.

The history of Vanguard Learning Trust is available on our Trust’s website.

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