Clerk to Governing Body - Level 2

• Job type:
  
  Administration and Business Operations
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Work pattern:
  
  Part-time
• Salary:
  
  Please see below
• Date posted:
  Wednesday 23 July 2025
• Closing date for applications:
  This is a rolling advertisement
• Employer:
  
  Cumberland Council

Start Date:

September 2025

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised, efficient administrator with excellent communication skills to support our Management Committee.

10 hours per month , term-time only - Permanent
BS5 £ 25,183 FTE per annum pro rata - £13.05 per hour term time

The Clerk will have a knowledge of effective governance practice and will advise the Management Committee on all procedural and constitutional matters, manage memberships, administer meetings, and maintain appropriate records.

There are 4 Management Committee and 9 Sub-committee meetings per year, which are scheduled each September for the year ahead. Meetings are typically held in the late afternoon / early evening. Other working hours are scheduled at the Clerk’s discretion.

In return for your hard work, commitment and dedication we can offer you:

• Comprehensive training
• Support from our Management Committee and our Senior Leadership Team
• A competitive salary

The school's ethos supports equality of opportunity for all.

West Cumbria Learning Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of its pupils, engages with young people and staff in policy and practice developments, proactively encourages feedback and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered.

Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.

Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.