About The Role

As a Governance Officer at East Kent Colleges Group, supporting the Group Director of Governance, you will play a critical role in providing high quality support and administration for a range of EKC Group governance functions.

You will ensure effective arrangements are in place to deliver a comprehensive and robust corporate governance administrative framework which meets its reporting requirements effectively contextualising discussions to identify key messages and actions.

Attendance at all governor meetings is required, you will produce board packs to ensure all papers are received, collated and distributed by the required deadlines, minute-take at Governing Body and other Governor meetings and other duties such as tracking Governor attendance and supporting regulatory and other audit requirements.

You will review, develop and maintain governance systems including governance sections of the Group website and intranet site and all other monitoring platforms, ensuring the documentation on it is relevant, accurate and up to date.

You will also be responsible for the coordination of individual governor engagement sessions and lead governor activities.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution
Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

About You

You will be able and confident to work independently and have an awareness of corporate governance and experience of minute writing at board level,

You will need a high level of IT skills, integrity, and respect confidentiality.

You will be able to communicate effectively in all written and verbal forms, including at meetings, with individuals at all levels of the Group.

You must be extremely organised, having excellent attention to detail together with the ability to plan, manage deadlines,

You will be work flexibly across East Kent, and demonstrate a professional approach to your work.

Previous experience of corporation governance in either the public or private sector would be advantageous but not essential

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

Apply

Governance Officer

About The Role

About You

About Us

Other jobs like this