Governor – Financial Professional
Hours: The time commitment is 1.5 days per month approximately.
We would be delighted to receive applications for the role of Governor.
We currently have a vacancy for an individual able to provide vision and strategic leadership to the College as a member of its Board of Governors.
Specifically, we are looking for someone currently serving in, or with experience of having served in a Senior Finance role in the Castleford, Wakefield or Selby districts to contribute their skills and experience to our Group to help us achieve our vision: “To be an outstanding, first-choice education group, passionately serving all of our communities.”
While we are looking for a person with experience in Finance at a managerial level to fill our current vacancy, we would also welcome applications from anyone who thinks they could make a positive contribution to our Board which we will retain should a suitable future vacancy arise.
Being a Governor is a voluntary role, unpaid but highly rewarding, and this is a particularly exciting time to be involved with the College. We have a challenging agenda including:
- Further improving the quality of teaching and learning at the College, with the aim of giving our students better outcomes, be that in continuing their education at the College or at university, or in gaining employment.
- Understanding the needs of employers, to help local businesses grow and contribute to economic prosperity in our districts.
- Forming strategic partnerships within our districts to help shape key initiatives.
- Forming strong relationships with our districts’ schools and, where appropriate, work with them in the provision of education.
- Developing sustainability within the College and our communities.
If you have the ability and commitment to contribute towards these goals, we would love to hear from you.
A detailed job description, providing further information about the vacancy and the required attributes of candidates, accompanies this document.
The deadline for applications is 12th September 2025. Interviews will be held shortly after.
Should you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact us via Sam Cremore, our Head of Governance and Legal Services, on 01924 789208 or at [email protected].
Thank you for your interest.
The Heart of Yorkshire Education Group is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all students and this post will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal record check from the country/countries you have worked/resided in if you are the preferred candidate for the post. Further details of how to obtain the additional check is here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects the diverse community we serve and positively encourage applications from all.
