To provide expert advice and guidance to governors (including headteachers) sitting on the designated Local Governing Committees (LGCs) on governance, constitutional and procedural matters. A Trust Governance Professional will contribute towards the effective, efficient and ethical functioning of LGCs in line with the approved Scheme of Delegation and Committee Terms of Reference by:
1) Working collaboratively within the Governance Support Team as part of the Trust's Central Services to develop and maintain a sense of one trust, one team.
2) Promoting effective relationships and communication across the Trust's governance structure.
3) Contributing to the performance management of trust governance professionals and clerks led by the Head of Governance.
4) Advising governors how to ensure compliance with the statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements applicable to Catholic multi-academy trusts and Catholic schools, including Canan Law.
5) Ensuring governance records are up-to-date and meet the Department for Education's (DfE's) publication requirements.
6) Intervening and modelling challenge if required to ensure governors' focus stays strategic.
7) Providing efficient administration, CPD, recruitment, onboarding, succession and training support.
8) Engaging proactively to ease the workload for committee chairs (as busy volunteers) and leaders.
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