Clerk to the Governors

Are you interested in supporting a local school and engaging with the community? Do you have basic administrative skills, good writing ability and an eye for detail? Would you like to have a flexible, varied and interesting role Home Working with attendance at our school for meetings?, We currently have a vacancy for a clerk to support our governing body. The clerk to the governors is central to the smooth running of the governing body and responsibilities include:

• Providing administrative support to the governing body


• Keeping records and providing advice to governors on their legal and procedural duties together with handling confidential information


• Preparation and timely circulation of agendas


• Attending governing body meetings and taking and distributing accurate minutes


This post is a part time position covering Full Governing Body (FGB) meetings as well as committee meetings. Each FGB meeting is held during the evening at the school from 6pm - 8pm. Committee meetings are usually held after school.

All meetings are held during term time. Other than attendance at meetings the role will be carried out at home, at times of day to suit the Clerk, whilst ensuring deadlines are met.

Clerks must have excellent organisational, communication and ICT skills, as well as an ability to take accurate minutes at meetings. To help fulfil the role we would expect them to attend all relevant training and Clerks Network meetings.