Overview
Three Counties Academy Trust (TCAT) includes the Queen Elizabeth High School, St Peter’s Primary School, Bredenbury Primary School, Stoke Prior Primary School and Lugwardine Primary Academy.
TCAT is looking to appoint an organised and proactive governance professional to provide high-quality clerical, secretarial and administrative support to the Board of Trustees and its committees. Working together with our Chair of Trustees, the governance professional will be responsible for co-ordinating all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the Trust, ensuring governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. This includes providing legislative and procedural guidance, drafting agendas, and keeping records of membership, training and attendance across the Trust’s governance structure.
Please note that termly governance meetings are scheduled outside of school/office working hours to accommodate our governance volunteers. Working hours will be discussed and agreed with the successful applicant.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality clerical, secretarial and administrative support to the Board of Trustees and its committees.
- Co‑ordinate all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the Trust.
- Ensure governance adheres to good practice and meets statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Provide legislative and procedural guidance.
- Draft agendas for governance meetings.
- Maintain records of membership, training and attendance across the Trust’s governance structure.
Qualifications
- Governance professional qualification or working towards one.
- Good general communication skills.
- Excellent, accurate, and concise writing skills.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365.
- Good organisational skills‑ able to prioritise workload.
- Excellent record‑keeping, information retrieval and dissemination of governing body data/documentation.
- Tact, diplomacy, confidentiality and sensitivity.
- Ability to use appropriate IT equipment as required by the governing body.
- Experience of setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams.
- Ability to speak with confidence and accuracy, using accurate sentence structures and vocabulary.
Benefits
- Collaborative working to support our endeavours to work smarter and achieve an effective balance between home and work.
- A supportive ethos and concern for the well‑being of all colleagues.
- Membership to the Local Government (LGPS).
- Access to Spectrum Life.
Legal and Safeguarding
Three Counties Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre‑employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Trust is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Location
Governance Professional to Board of Trustees – Bromyard, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Governance Professional To Board Of Trustees in Bromyard employer: Hoople
Hoople is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and flexible working environment for Family Help Lead Practitioners dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable families in Herefordshire. With a strong emphasis on professional development and collaboration with multi-agency teams, employees are empowered to grow their skills while contributing to impactful family support initiatives.
