Skilled clerking professionals wanted, with options to provide support remotely.

 

We are always looking for people with the right skills and attributes to join our established school governing board clerking service supporting school and trust boards predominantly  but not exclusively across the South East of England.  While the role has traditionally  required travel to schools and for some meetings will continue to do so, an increasing number of those we already support and who have expressed an interest in buying into our service are open to our virtual attendance even as Covid restriction has passed. 

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The work is offered on a self-employed basis, and is flexible and part-time, mainly during school term time. Hours are variable dependent on governing board needs. and rates start at £20  per hour for those with experience.   Those without  previous governing board clerking experience but requisite skills  may be invited to start on a reduced rate of £15ph rising to £20 as competence is demonstrated.   While not guaranteed, we  have traditionally been able to pay a small end of year bonus and offer free use of a Spanish holiday home to clerking professional colleagues (subject to some conditions and  availability)  

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To be successful you will:

· Be extremely reliable, confidential, professional, well organised and a stickler for detail.

· Have strong administrative skills and excellent written English

· Have the maturity, confidence and interpersonal skills that will allow you to earn the respect of, and communicate professionally with, trustees and/or governors and school and trust leaders.

· Be familiar with/be able to quickly become familiar with educational language and governing board regulations and be able to explain them to others.

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Prior experience as a governing board clerking professional, school governor or trustee, company secretary, working in a school office or similar experience would be very advantageous.  This role also seems to suit those with an HR or legal secretarial background well.

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The main duties are to:

· Support school governing boards to prepare for their meetings by assisting with agenda preparation and document circulation

· Attend those meetings and take notes, which you will turn into professionally presented minutes within an agreed timescale

· Provide governing boards and leaders with procedural and good practice governance advice as required

· Maintain accurate governing board records of membership and attendance and alert the governing board to issues with either.

. Provide such additional administrative support and support for good governance as may be required

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If you are interested in working with us, you are strongly advised to read the Department for Education's Clerking Competency framework, which provides a good guide to the standard of service we aspire to

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/609971/Clerking_competency_framework.pdf

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You will need  access to a computer and printer and are responsible for your own travel arrangements to meetings where that is necessary.  ( You are not expected to travel to schools miles away from your location!)  Other than attendance at governing board meetings (which are usually, though not always in the late afternoon/evening and between one and a half and two and a half hours in length) you will have the flexibility to organise your own time, provided an appropriate quality of service and any deadlines are met.

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The role is subject to provision of a satisfactory DBS certificate to establish your suitability to work in a school setting.

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You are responsible for developing and maintaining your own knowledge and skills to meet the demands of the role, however we co-ordinate access to a range of resources, training and advice, including an initial familiarisation and regular networking opportunities with other associate colleagues to support you in providing a quality service.

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For more details please contact: anne@governance-connected.co.uk (07710 530 383)