Job Description

Governor Support Officer

Scale 5 (28,598 - 31,022) pro rata

37 Hours, Full Time & 23 Hours, Part Time

Term Time only

Temporary, 12 Months (10th November 2025 until 9th November 2026)

Hybrid

mixture of working from home, along with half-termly in-person team development day (9.30am-2.30pm). Regular evening work will be required for attendance at school governing board meetings

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 2nd November 2025

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Shortlisting Date: 3rd November 2025

Interview Date: 4th November and 5th November 2025

Interview Type: In person, to include a typing-based task

While we embrace the use of AI as an innovative tool to maximise our services at Stockport Council, we are looking for authenticity in applications we receive. We therefore ask you to think carefully if choosing to use AI when completing your application and ask that you ensure you read all instructions carefully and that your application is written by you and reflects your skills, knowledge and enthusiasm.

Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025

Your Role

We need two experienced and enthusiastic administrators to join our team of Governor Support Officers.


This post will entail working from home (for which an allowance will be given) with governing board meetings held at schools mainly in the Stockport area. Those meetings are often held in the evening but are included as part of the total weekly hours.

About You

You should have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills together with the ability to take accurate minutes.

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to join a proactive and supportive team which can also offer the right candidate a good work/life balance.


At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.


We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Shonagh Camacho on Shonagh.camacho@stockport.gov.uk or 07800 617934 for an informal discussion about the role.

This post is also open as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.


The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.


Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme


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