Governor Services Manager
Governor Services

UNITY BUILDING
SALFORD CIVIC CENTRE
CHORLEY ROAD
SWINTON, M27 5AW

Governor Services Manager
Grade: 4C, £38,813 - £41,675 
Working Hours: 36 Hours (flexible)
Contract Type: Permanent 
Closing Date: 19th April, 23:59

About us
Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.

We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference. 

You will be committed to school improvement, understanding the contribution that strong governance makes to the leadership and management of our schools. You will possess a thorough knowledge of governance legislation and be able to apply this to improving outcomes for children and young people in Salford.

You will display excellent leadership skills, able to motivate and enthuse the members of the team, investing in their professional development and leading by example.

You will have a flexible approach to your working pattern as you will be required to undertake additional duties at times including evening work.

You will have excellent communication skills, be assertive and yet tactful in managing relationships with our governing boards and members of the team.

About the role
This position will afford the successful candidate an opportunity to build on the excellent reputation that the Governor Services team has in schools by:
• Providing outstanding advice and guidance to governors, headteachers and other officers on all matters relating to school and academy governance
• Developing a suite of model policies to for governing boards to ensure their compliance with statutory requirement
• Developing the clerking service to ensure that all governing boards receive accurate and timely advice and support
• Delivering an engaging programme of governor training that effectively addresses the training needs of governors
• Developing a strategic plan for the service that will contribute to the Education Department’s plans for education in Salford. 

Role Profile.docx 
Working for Salford.pdf
#LeadingSalford.pdf
 
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £44.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £11.00 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £44.00.

Please be aware overseas checks will be required if you have lived or worked abroad continuously or in total for 3 months or more over the last 5 years, or 12 months or more over the last 10 years, whilst aged 16 or over. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants.  

Learn, grow and develop as a leader
At Salford we’re committed to supporting our leaders to grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed as a Salford leader through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core #LeadingSalford development and an immediate opportunity to gain a relevant leadership qualification. You can find out more here https://greater.jobs/sss/salford-city-council/leadingsalford/.  

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 range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.  
 
Diversity and Inclusion
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 responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  
 
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.
Location
Unity House
Vacancy Description
 
UNITY BUILDING
SALFORD CIVIC CENTRE
CHORLEY ROAD
SWINTON, M27 5AW

Governor Services Manager
Grade: 4C, £38,813 - £41,675 
Working Hours: 36 Hours (flexible)
Contract Type: Permanent 
Closing Date: 19th April, 23:59

About us
Salford has changed and is continuing to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.

We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference. 

You will be committed to school improvement, understanding the contribution that strong governance makes to the leadership and management of our schools. You will possess a thorough knowledge of governance legislation and be able to apply this to improving outcomes for children and young people in Salford.

You will display excellent leadership skills, able to motivate and enthuse the members of the team, investing in their professional development and leading by example.

You will have a flexible approach to your working pattern as you will be required to undertake additional duties at times including evening work.

You will have excellent communication skills, be assertive and yet tactful in managing relationships with our governing boards and members of the team.

About the role
This position will afford the successful candidate an opportunity to build on the excellent reputation that the Governor Services team has in schools by:
• Providing outstanding advice and guidance to governors, headteachers and other officers on all matters relating to school and academy governance
• Developing a suite of model policies to for governing boards to ensure their compliance with statutory requirement
• Developing the clerking service to ensure that all governing boards receive accurate and timely advice and support
• Delivering an engaging programme of governor training that effectively addresses the training needs of governors
• Developing a strategic plan for the service that will contribute to the Education Department’s plans for education in Salford. 

Role Profile.docx 
Working for Salford.pdf
#LeadingSalford.pdf
 
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £44.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £11.00 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £44.00.

Please be aware overseas checks will be required if you have lived or worked abroad continuously or in total for 3 months or more over the last 5 years, or 12 months or more over the last 10 years, whilst aged 16 or over. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants.  

Learn, grow and develop as a leader
At Salford we’re committed to supporting our leaders to grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed as a Salford leader through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core #LeadingSalford development and an immediate opportunity to gain a relevant leadership qualification. You can find out more here https://greater.jobs/sss/salford-city-council/leadingsalford/.  

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 range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.  
 
Diversity and Inclusion
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 responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  
 
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.