Lancashire County Council
Governing Body Adviser | Governor Services | Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire
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Governing Body Adviser | Governor Services | Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire
Job Description
Salary
£28,142- £32,061 Per annum (Pro Rata)
Employment Type
Permanent, Part Time, 18 and 19 hours per week, term-time only
Department
Governor Services
Location
Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire
International Sponsorship
This role is not open to international sponsorship
School Governing Body Advisor (Hybrid & Term-time)
This position is part time and term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent, the salary received will be paid on a pro–rata basis
We are currently recruiting…
A School Governing Body Advisor to work within Governor Services in the Directorate of Education and Children' Services, working 19 hours per week on a term – time only basis covering Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire.
As a School Governing Body Advisor, you will support and advise Volunteer Governors within the Education Sector. The Advisor's key role is to support Governors to fulfil their statutory functions to ensure clarity of vision, ethos, and a strategic direction for their school. This valuable and community focused position will assist Governors to be accountable for educational performance, the performance of its employees and for the school's financial performance. In this integral position, you will be arranging, attending, advising, and minuting Governing Body meetings in liaison with the Headteacher and the Chair of Governors as well as providing advice and guidance. So, if you're ready for a flexible, term time only opportunity to work around your commitments then we would love you to apply!
What We Are Looking For…
Service Excellence
You'll be focused on delivering service excellence to our customers to provide the right advisory support to fulfil our service level agreements whilst ensuring management deliver their key functions – to do this you will become a critical friend to the board who can prompt and ask the right questions at the right time – this will assist Governors in holding schools to account for the actions and decisions which impact children's education including budgetary and more - in this valuable and rewarding role you will arrange, participate and advise at various Governing Body Meetings - your enthusiastic yet professional approach will really contribute to the ethos of each school and will assist in providing the best possible service to each school we support
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Collaborative
This role needs an excellent collaborator to work in partnership with an array of disciplines from Human Resources, Pupil Access and more – this is to ensure we collaborate efficiently to perform our advisory duties – your flexible approach will require you to work in a variety of settings in a specific geographical location, so at times you could be in the office, school or at home and this will help us meet the needs of the service – in addition you'll have lots of autonomy to deliver our key functions; so we'll need you to be organised to adhere to strict deadlines to ensure we remain accountable and compliant in our obligations
Communication
We're seeking someone with a warm personality who is competent in all forms of communication – how you communicate with others both written and orally will be key – you'll have a person centred approach and be able to accurately minute each meeting whilst providing open, honest and professional advice – this is especially important as documents will be reviewed by Ofsted and be in the public domain – with this in mind your oral and written skills will need to be exemplary – additionally we'll need you to be proactive, enthusiastic and discreet as you'll be party to confidential and sensitive data which may involve children or employees so if this sounds like you, and you would love the opportunity to become a trained Governing Body Advisor, then please apply to join us…
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Benefits
We're family friendly and offer a great work-life balance. We offer a Credit Union, personal and professional qualifications and development, an Employee Assistance Program including counselling services, mobile phone discounts, gym memberships and lots more.
Development
You'll receive a comprehensive induction and bespoke training to become a Governing Body Advisor – there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal growth and development, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted.
Inclusivity
we don't have a "one size fits all" idealism, we embrace diversity and that includes around personal and family requirements, so we support flexible working and working flexibly. We take inclusivity seriously and would like to improve the diversity within our teams to better reflect the people we serve, so we are particularly keen to hear from you if you are a person of colour, from the LGBTQ+ community or have a disability.
How To Apply…
Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat:
South Lancashire - Helen Parkinson 01257 516143 - helen.parkinson2@lancashire.gov.uk
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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