Governance Service Manager (Education Strategy Service) | 10332 | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Fixed Term Contract until April 2028 | 37 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum | Grade K | County Hall / Hybrid
The Governance Service is a traded service within the Education Strategy Service, Children’s Service Department. Our team specialises in supporting local governance issues and is dedicated to empowering school governing boards by developing and providing essential resources and knowledge to drive effective governance.
We are looking for a Governance Service Manager who can bring fresh ideas, strong leadership, and an ability to make things happen. This role is all about leading our governance and Governance Professional (clerking) Service across Norfolk.
You will be the person who keeps budgets on track, supports staff to do their best work and makes sure our services are modern, agile and responsive. We are looking for someone with experience in service development, business planning and organisational growth, confident with budgets and financial planning, and who loves leading people and helping them develop.
We need someone who can think strategically but also roll up their sleeves to get things done. As a brilliant communicator, you can build strong professional relationships and will have a passion for innovation. You’ll have the chance to shape and grow a service that really matters, working with a supportive, professional team who care about what they do and will have the opportunity to make a difference.
If this sounds like your kind of challenge we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast‑track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi‑time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:
- ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
- Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra‑low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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