Trust Clerk

Job Description

Role: Trust Clerk

Salary: Essex Scale 5 (Full Time Equivilant £25,808 - £27,110)

Hours per work: Part-time 380 annualised hours - 10 hours a week term time only.

Start date: January2024

Contract Type Permanent

Closing date: Midday Monday 11th December 2023

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Multi Academy Trust with a supportive central operations team, based at St. Martin's School in Brentwood.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, professional individual who is self-motivated with a drive to succeed. The Trust Clerk will undertake effective clerking and administrative support for the Trust Board and its Committees. This role is a flexible role and offers the successful applicant a range of working hours to fit to be agreed at interview.

The applicant must be flexible with excellent literacy and numeracy skills, an understanding of education and governance would be beneficial, however training will be given.

The benefits of working with Discovery Educational Trust

· The opportunity to work as part of a dynamic and inspirational team

· High-quality professional development opportunities

· The opportunity to be part of a truly rewarding and exciting growing team.

· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

· Access to an Employee discount scheme

· Recognition of continuous service

· Automatic enrolment into Local Government Pension Scheme

If you would like more information regarding this role, our Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Paul Griffiths, would welcome the opportunity to speak to all interested parties. Please email pgriffiths@discoveryeducationaltrust.co.uk to arrange an informal, conversation.

Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.

Information about the School

Discovery Educational Trust, formed in 2014, is a successful and established multi-academy trust based in South Essex, comprising just under 4000 pupils and 500 staff, across 5 schools.

Our schools are:

• Chase High School (Westcliff-on-Sea)
• St. Martin's School (Brentwood)
• Hogarth Primary School (Brentwood)
• Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School (Brentwood)
• Larchwood Primary School (Brentwood)

We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum.

Our vision is that strong and effective leadership places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do. We value relationships, which are open and honest, underpinned by kindness, trustworthiness and compassion.

We offer ongoing training and professional development for all staff in a supportive and collaborative environment.

We offer the following benefits for employees:

• Pension scheme - also automatically includes Life Assurance
• Generous Referral Bonus for employees who refer quality candidates to join Discovery Educational Trust
• Two-week October half term
• Employee savings and discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme – free confidential wellbeing support for employees and dependants
• Mental Health First Aiders – we have qualified MHFA England trainers within the Trust and continue to add to our pool of trained MHFAs
• Bike2Work scheme
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supportive and collaborative environment

As an equal opportunities employer, Discovery Educational Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age; disability; gender re-assignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (which includes ethnic origin, nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Discovery Educational Trust.

The Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding our pupils against radicalisation and extremism and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.