We are looking for an enthusiastic and efficient Clerk to Governors, who will work closely with the Chair of our Governance Board, Headteacher and other governors. This is a permanent part-time role, 2.5 hours per week or 10 hours per month, term-time only (38 weeks). However, due to the nature of the role and variation in length of meetings throughout the year, the hours per week shown are indicative of a likely weekly average.
The role would involve:
- Prepare agendas and paper and take and produce accurate minutes for 6 Full Governing Board meetings a year and required to clerk at sub-committee meetings during the day. Our Full Governance Board meetings are currently held on Mondays at 4pm.
- Communicating effectively to all governors.
- Attendance at the Governor Services Clerk briefings.
- Working with appropriate confidentiality.
We can offer you:
- A positive, supportive community of staff, governors and parents.
Applicants should apply on-line.
Please note that we do not accept C.V.s as part of an application.
Holy Trinity CE Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Holy Trinity CE Primary School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
