About the role
Cheselbourne Village School is seeking to appoint a reliable, organised and professional Clerk to Governors to support our Governing Body.
The annual salary £1,455 - £1,478 is based on 2.5hrs per week, over 38 working weeks at Dorset Grade 5, SCP 5-6.
Pay award pending.
This is a vital role within the school, helping to ensure that governance arrangements run effectively and efficiently. The successful candidate will work closely with the Chair of Governors and Headteacher to organise meetings, prepare agendas and minutes, maintain records and support governors in fulfilling their statutory responsibilities.
The role is largely flexible, with attendance required at governor meetings and occasional additional meetings throughout the academic year.
Main Duties
* Organising and attending governor meetings
* Preparing agendas in consultation with the Chair and Headteacher
* Taking accurate minutes and maintaining action logs
* Managing governor documentations and records
* Supporting compliance and governance administration
* Updating governance information on the school website and Google Drive
* Keeping up to date with relevant legislation and governance guidance
Further Information
Cheselbourne Village School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community, and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements. Pay award pending.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
This School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
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