Salford City Council

Salford Civic Centre

Chorley Road

Swinton

Salford

M27 5DA

Governor Services Officer

Grade: 2C - £24,390 - £26,117

Working Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Term time only plus 10 days

Contract Type: Permanent - starting as soon as possible

This is an exciting opportunity to join our governor services team. Successful candidates will have excellent communication, personal and organisational skills, be able to work independently in a paperless environment and organise their own time whilst working to strict deadlines.  You will undertake professional clerking support to a group of school governing boards (GBs) in Salford.

We are a successful and trusted self-financing council service and support school governors at their meetings in schools across the city, we provide advice, guidance and training for maintained schools and academy trust local governing boards.  Our aim is to support them to be as effective as possible carrying out the three core functions of governance:

• ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction for the school;
• holding headteachers and leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
• overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

This is a rewarding and challenging role that will give you the opportunity to support governors across a range of schools to deliver the best outcomes for their pupils. Experience of working in a school governance environment with an understanding of high-quality professional clerking is preferred but not essential.  You will be confident, professional with high level organisational skills and embody the city council’s values in everything you do.  You will have the ability to develop good working relationships with governors, professional educators and your colleagues across the council, based on trust and mutual respect. You will provide administrative and organisational support, guidance to ensure that the board works in compliance with the appropriate legal and regulatory framework and advise on procedural matters relating to the operation of the board.

A flexible approach to working hours is essential as the role involves evening meetings which are clustered during term time.

Due to the nature of this role, discretion and confidentiality are vital.

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About the benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and

professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work

and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive

permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape

how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led

redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you

will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel scheme,

pension scheme, salary sacrifice schemes, and a range of health and wellbeing

options to suit your needs.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates

difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential.

We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall

Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved

one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring

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Continuous service commitment

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whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester. These include:

Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater

Manchester, as well as many others.

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s

primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at

https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr 

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit:
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