Executive Assistant; Governance & Compliance; Langley

Job Reference:
CJ5886
Advert Posted On:
29/10/2026

Full Time

1 Required

Permanent

37.5 hours per week

Not applicable

Not Suitable for ECTs

Job Share Not Available

Contract type:
Full time, Permanent

Hours of work:
Monday
-Friday, typically 8.00
-4.00

Work pattern: 37.5 hours per week, All year round (52 weeks)

Location:

Pioneer Educational Trust, based at Foxborough Primary School

Salary information: SO2,£40,982 - £45,279 (actual range) per annum (dependent upon exeperience)

Start date:

1st January 2027

A unique opportunity to make a difference at the heart of Pioneer Educational Trust and our family of schools.

We are looking for a highly professional and dynamic Executive Assistant (Governance & Compliance Professional), with integrity and resilience, to join our shared services team as the CEO’s trusted right hand and as Pioneer’s governance and compliance lead.

This is far more than a traditional administrative role. We are looking for someone whose systems-led approach to organisation is matched by warm, trusted relationships at every level, from trustees to school leaders; someone who anticipates needs, manages up with confidence and keeps strategic priorities moving; and someone with the knowledge and credibility to support our Board and Local Committees and to keep the Trust fully compliant with DfE requirements.

You will play a pivotal role in how Pioneer runs, ensuring that the Trust is compliant and operates effectively and professionally, whilst helping the CEO and executive leaders focus on delivering the very best outcomes for our pupils and communities.

This is a full-time, year-round post (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, typically 8.00 to 4.00), reporting to the CEO and based at Foxborough Primary School. You will also be working additional weeks outside of term-time.

Working at the centre of Pioneer, you will:

• Act as Executive Assistant to the CEO, owning their diary, priorities and information flow; anticipating needs, filtering and prioritising, and ensuring the CEO’s time is always directed to what matters most.
• Provide administrative support to the wider executive team where needed, and act as the trusted first point of contact for the CEO’s stakeholders, including trustees, headteachers, the DfE and partners.
• Produce high-quality reports, briefings, presentations and correspondence, and manage internal communications on behalf of the CEO and trustees, in line with the Trust’s mission, vision and values.
• Provide strategic support through rigorous prioritisation, deadline management and forward planning, tracking strategic projects across the executive team and schools, and owning the Trust’s strategic calendar.
• Act as the Trust’s governance professional in line with the Academy Trust Governance Guide, providing independent advice and effective support to the Board, including well-planned meetings, focused agendas, accurate minutes and rigorous action tracking.
• Work closely with the Chair and CEO to shape the annual governance cycle, and partner with our outsourced clerking service to ensure Local Committees are properly constituted and well supported.
• Maintain accurate and secure governance records and registers, keep GIAS and Companies House up to date, and ensure all required suitability checks for Members, trustees and governors are completed.
• Lead the governance development cycle, including parent trustee elections, induction, skills audits, training and succession planning, and coordinate the paperwork and minuting for panel hearings.
• Own the Trust’s policy framework, audit Trust and school websites to ensure statutory information is published and current, and coordinate statutory returns and censuses to the…