About The Role

Are you ready to lead on governance that inspires trust, strengthens integrity, and empowers strategic futures?

As a Group Director of Governance you will be enabling our Governing Body to discharge their duties to the highest standards. The role will facilitate effective working between governors and senior leaders to support the Group to pursue our Mission and achieve our Strategic Plan in line with our values. The role will also be responsible for overseeing the smooth operation of the Local Boards of our six Colleges and EKC Training business unit, ensuring that the Group overall identifies and responds to the needs of our local communities.

As a senior post holder, you will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chair, ensuring that the Governance of the Group is highly effective, providing support and independent guidance to the Governing Body and its Committees on statutory, constitutional and procedural matters. The role will support the Governing Body to assess that it has the right mix of skills, knowledge and experience, whilst being representative of the communities we serve. This includes responsibility for the recruitment process for new governors and ensuring that there are robust and focused development programmes in place.

Whilst we are advertising the role as 30 hours per week (4 full days), we would consider the equivalent of 3 days per week for a candidate with the right knowledge, skills and experience. (Please note the salary will be pro-rated accordingly depending on hours per week worked).

The role will ideally be based in Broadstairs but would require travel across our sites when needed.

Salary (for 30 hours): £55,565 per year

Working at the Group is an extremely rewarding role with excellent benefits.

• Generous Annual Leave - 38 days FTE per annum
• Competitive Pension Scheme - 18% employer contribution
• Learning and Development Opportunities - 3-4 annual paid group development days and bespoke programmes e.g. Senior Leadership Development Programme and strong internal progression (1 in 3 roles are filled by internal progression)
• Culture and Recognition - Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030
• Wellbeing and Health Support - Generous sick pay, health checks, free flu jabs, free eye tests, glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work support
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks - Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Flexible Personal Leave - Time off for your child\'s first day at nursery, school or college. As well as time off for moving home and for interviews

About You

• You will have a good and demonstrable understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks governing education, including the principles of Standards in Public Life
• You will be a highly effective communicator who is able to engage at Board level
• You will have experience of advising at board level on matters of corporate governance and public responsibilities
• You will be educated to degree level or equivalent

Ready to apply?

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our application form which will ask you to complete a statement. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

If you have any queries, please email us at jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk