Clerk to the Governing Body

Flexible Hours/Part Time

Approx four hours per week. Flexibility with working hours - plus additional time for evening meetings

Wildridings Primary school is a small friendly two-form entry primary school. We are seeking to recruit an efficient and proactive Clerk, reporting to the Chair of Governors.

This is a key role providing invaluable and vital contribution to the efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and procedural compliance of the governing body – being primarily responsible for ensuring the smooth running of meetings, preparing agendas and papers and taking accurate minutes and distribute documentation and other information to the governing body.

The Clerk will need to become familiar with the DfE Governance Handbook and provide accurate advice to Governors, as necessary.

The successful applicant will need to be highly organised and self-motivated to be able to provide full support to our school governors.

You will need:

• A professional manner with good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Experience of effective record keeping.
• Good IT skills.
• A flexible attitude.
• The ability to work well both on your own, using your own initiative, and as part of a team.

This role offers good flexibility with working hours during the school day and the ability to work from home.

The contract is for term time with additional hours for evening meetings.

To find out more about our school visit www.wildridingsprimary.co.uk or contact Dawn Parker, School Business Manager bursar@wildridingsprimary.co.uk or 01344 425483. 

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please telephone the school to arrange (01344 425483) or email the school secretary (secretary@wildridingsprimary.co.uk)

Applications will be reviewed on receipt. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Wildridings Primary School and Bracknell Forest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Our school has an equal opportunities policy for selection and recruitment in accordance with its safeguarding policy, the successful candidate will be required to have an enhanced DBS check along with a check against the DBS children's barred list (formerly known as a list 99 check).