Required from April 2025.

The Governors of Ripley Nursery School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and flexible individual who has clerical and administration experience to support our school governing body on a part-time basis.

The post requires attendance at approximately 13 meetings per year. Meetings normally take place in the early evening.

Clerks play a vital role in organising governing body meetings and recording accurate minutes, whilst advising the governing body on changes in relevant legislation, policy and governance issues. You will provide professional support to our governing body to enable them to maximise the performance of the school and support the progress of children.

You will need to be able to work under your own initiative, manage deadlines, update and keep accurate written and electronic records. The ability to remain impartial, comply with data protection legislation and maintain confidentiality is paramount.

Ripley Nursery School is committed to providing a safe, secure and stimulating environment in which all children may develop their skills to their full potential.

Thank you for taking the time to look at becoming part of our vibrant junior school. The governors and I are looking to appoint a friendly, professional and efficient Clerk to Governors to work alongside our governors. The role is for 3 hours a week to be worked flexibly around the governors’ meetings.

The successful person would need to be organised and proficient in computing skills. You would have a positive attitude, committed to promoting our school and helping it move forward.

The school offers a comprehensive wellbeing package, including sick pay and paid urgent, personal and domestic days.

Working for us you will be offered flexibility for your family/personal circumstances; access to medical support from SAS; paid absence leave; 5 pro-rota urgent/personal days and a supportive Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body.

Visits to the school are actively encouraged and will be seen as a part of the interview process of interest in our school.

The post is to start as soon as possible.

If you wish to find out more about the school please call us on: 01629 822457 or email headteacher@wirksworth-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk

We thank you for taking the time to read our advert and we look forward to reading your application.

Provisional Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 10 February 2025

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35 Hours per week / 39 Weeks per year (term time plus 5 insets)

(8:30am – 4:00pm – 30 minutes unpaid lunch)

Fairfield Endowed CofE Junior School are looking for a School Business Assistant to join our happy, proud and successful team. The post would be best suited to a professional and personable individual who has administration experience, great organisational skills and good attention to detail.

As our new School Business Assistant you will:

• Be able to prioritise and organise workloads under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate and fulfil reception duties by various methods of communication in a professional and courteous manner.
• Be an excellent team player with a willingness to be an integral part of the school community.
• Have the ability to develop relationships and communicate with all school stakeholders, in a happy and positive manner.
• Be able to prioritise and organise routine statutory tasks and one-off projects/events.
• Demonstrate excellent IT knowledge and have good communication and organisational skills.

In return we can offer:

• A vibrant and happy school community.
• Committed, supportive, caring and friendly staff.
• Commitment to support staff wellbeing and work life balance.
• Knowledgeable and supportive team of dedicated governors.
• A leadership team supportive of training & development opportunities.

The successful candidate will display commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children.

The start date for this appointment will be as soon as possible.

Provisional Interview Date: Week commencing10 February 2025

Please contact Miss Sara Pettett sarap@fairfield-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk the schools Business Manager at if you require any further information and please submit completed application forms to the same email address.

Ladycross Infant School is a large, happy school in Sandiacre. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Clerk to the Governors.

This is a key role supporting our Local Governing Board in the strategic management and development of our school.

The purpose of the clerk’s role is to:

• Provide effective administrative support to the governing board and its committees
• Ensure the governing board is properly constituted
• Manage information effectively in accordance with legal requirements
• Provide advice to the governing body on governance, constitutional and procedural matters

A willingness to work flexibly is required as the workload is variable. This includes attendance of 10 meetings per year on Thursdays at 4.30pm or 5pm. The post involves taking minutes, circulation of reports, preparations of agendas, letters and other specific duties for which close liaison with the Headteacher, Office Manager and Chair of Governors is essential.

Knowledge of how schools and governing boards operate would be an advantage along with previous experience of similar work but full training can be provided.

We can offer:

• An experienced, friendly and supportive staff team.
• CPD and training opportunities.
• The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of our children and the wider community.

We actively welcome visits to look around our school. Please visit our website: www. http://ladycross-school.co.uk/ for more information about our school and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (0115 9397379) to discuss the role further with our Headteacher Mrs Kathryn McKinley.

Provisional Interview Date: 11 February 2025