Portico
Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an experienced, highly organised and
professional Governance Lead & PA to CEO to provide high-level governance,
compliance and operational support across the Trust. This is a key role within
the central Trust team, supporting robust and legally compliant governance
systems while providing executive-level Personal Assistant support to the CEO.
The
successful applicant will:
- Lead the coordination of the Trust governance
cycle, including Board, committee and Members’ meetings.
- Provide professional clerking support,
including agenda preparation, minute-taking and governance administration.
- Maintain governance records, statutory
registers and compliance tracking systems.
- Support the development and maintenance of
governance frameworks, policies and procedures.
- Coordinate Trust-wide compliance monitoring
across safeguarding, health & safety, data protection and policy
compliance.
- Support GDPR compliance, Subject Access
Requests (SARs) and Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
- Provide high-level PA support to the CEO,
including diary management, meeting coordination and executive administration.
- Support the preparation of reports,
presentations, governance papers and leadership documentation.
- Maintain governance systems, shared drives and
document control processes.
- Produce governance, compliance and operational
reporting to support leadership oversight and decision-making.
- Be highly organised, professional and able to
maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
- Possess excellent communication,
administrative and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively
with Trustees, senior leaders and external stakeholders.
The successful
candidate will play an important role in supporting effective governance,
operational efficiency and continuous improvement across the Trust.
For more
information about the role and a description of the type of candidate we are
looking for, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For
further details, please contact HR via MyNewTerm, telephone 01702 987890 or
email recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk.