Lead Governance Professional (maternity cover)
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Lead Governance Professional (maternity cover) Salary negotiable dependent on qualifications and experience Hours: 25 hours per week, 41 weeks per year Hours to be flexible due to the nature of the role. Please call HR on 01604 460004 to arrange an informal visit and to discuss the role and salary in more detail. Closing Date: Tuesday 17th June 2025, midday. |
To oversee all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance within the trust, ensure governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements and provide This is achieved by: • supporting the efficient and effective operation of the trust board and its committees • ensuring governance at all levels is carrying out its functions • leading on development of the trust’s governance framework and driving improvements to its systems, processes and structures • managing and coordinating the delivery and ongoing improvement of governance support across the trust • ensuring all trust policies are up-to-date, legally compliant and monitored • supporting with the recruitment of trust board members as required • supporting with trust board and governance reviews • supporting with the scheme of delegation as required • providing high quality professional support and guidance, especially as TDET grows in size and scale • devising a clear and targeted programme of training and support for all relevant stakeholders • supporting with the Principal’s Performance Management Review as required. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details
Do you want to work in a hugely successful nationally hailed school? Do you want to work in a school that operates on common sense and places people at the centre of all that is does? In joining the Duston School you will be joining a school that is: • Built upon strong values and principles • Places people at the heart of all that it does and a strong positive approach to workload and wellbeing • Heavily over-subscribed • Nationally recognised, heralded and applauded • Served as a Behaviour Hub Lead School • The 27th most improved school nationally, with GCSE and A Level outcomes since 2019 have ensured the school is both locally, regionally and nationally high performing, placing the school in the top 20% of all schools nationally and A Level results in the top 5% of all schools • GCSE and A Level outcomes in 2024 were the best in the school’s history • A school of Character • An Investors in People Gold School and Wellbeing • An Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Flagship School and National Champion School • A Global Equality Collective School • The home of ResearchED Northampton • A PKC Curriculum Hub • An Ofsted ‘Good’ school • Has its own alternative provision; The Positive Impact Centre (PIC)
Applying:
Please complete an application form (we do not accept a CV alone) along with a letter of application to the Principal. Please email the application form and letter to: jobs@thedustonschool.org If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and all appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS checks. In addition references will be requested for short listed applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. Online searches will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.
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