Salary
£27.32 per hour
Package
Casual, 0 hours per week.
Job category/type
Education & Schools
Date posted
17/09/2025
Job reference
R0007064
About us at Hounslow
We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
About The Role
Would you like to make a difference to outcomes for children in Hounslow and neighbouring boroughs?
Would you like flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home?
We're looking for organised, professional individuals to join our Governor Services team, providing clerking services to school governing boards. This includes planning meetings, minute taking, maintaining records, and offering procedural and legal advice.
This is a remote, term-time only role, with attendance required at school meetings—mostly in the evenings and occasionally in the mornings.
Previous clerking experience is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided. You'll also have the opportunity to gain a Level 3 Certificate in Clerking of School and Governing Boards through the NGA development programme.
About The Team You'll Be Working In
The Governor Services team plays an important role in supporting school governing boards across Hounslow and neighbouring boroughs. Its core purpose is to provide essential support and professional advice, helping governing boards meet their statutory responsibilities, carry out their strategic functions effectively, and maintain high standards of governance. The team offers a range of services including clerking, training and development, guidance on legal and procedural matters, and support with governor recruitment and appointments.
This work has a direct impact on the quality of education and leadership within schools, which in turn benefits children, their families, and the wider community.
The team sits within Standards, Practice and Partnerships and includes the Lead for Governance, Governor Services Officer, CPD Officer and a team of clerks. The successful candidate will report to the Lead for Governance and work closely with colleagues across the team.
About You
If the points below resonate with you, we'd love you to put in an application:
1.You have excellent organisational skills with experience of minute taking and record keeping.
2.You are highly organised, confidentially aware and able to keep to deadlines.
3.Your have a helpful, proactive and cooperative approach.
4.You are an effective communicator with strong literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
5.You have knowledge and experience of governance procedures and legislative requirements or the willingness to attend training and the aptitude to develop this.
6.Enhanced DBS check is required.
Read more about the work you'll be doing in the Role Profile.
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
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Interviews for this job will be held on 8th and 9th October 2025.