Governance Apprentice
Berry Education
Peterlee (SR8 2RU)
Closes in 27 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 July 2025
Contents
Summary
We are an expert team working with Academy Trusts across the UK with an expanding client base looking. As part of our growth, we are seeking to appoint motivated and enthusiastic Governance Office Apprentice. You will work alongside a team of governance professionals providing specialist academy governance and compliance support.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Governance officer (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Shadowing Governance partners attending governance meetings within the Education sector
- Producing draft minutes from notes taken at the above meetings ensuring accuracy of detail discussed
- Liaising with managers to support completion of corporate governance reporting ensuring that the business is complying with legislation and regulations
- Contacting clients, expediting emails and phone calls in a professional manner, forwarding messages and highlighting those of priority
- Managing diaries, organising meetings and appointments
- Quality Assuring governance documents for issue to clients
- Typing, compiling and preparing minutes, reports, presentations and correspondence
- Managing databases and filing systems
- Implementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systems
- Liaising with staff, suppliers and clients
- Collating and filing of expenses
- Collation and distribution of confidential governance documents following company guidelines
- Interacting with the marketing and sales team to provide support
Where you'll work
Traynor House
Traynor Way, Whitehouse Business Park
Peterlee
SR8 2RU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CLEAR QUALITY LIMITED
Training course
Governance officer (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Interpret regulation, legislation and governance practices and advise and train stakeholders on its practical application.
- Establish, maintain, and influence relationships with key stakeholders and team members.
- Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with regulatory requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
- Communicate complex information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Review instructions, following them to a conclusion through the execution of tasks.
- Identify and use precedents adapted for specific circumstances such as resolutions, announcements, reports.
- Produce work which is factually accurate and well presented for submission to the members of a decision-making governing body and for publication by the organisation.
- Develop and maintain structure charts for the organisation.
- Plan and prioritise their workload to meet deadlines.
- Maintain and organise forward looking plans and calendars, keeping relevant stakeholders informed of upcoming events such as meetings, reporting timetables, compliance deadlines.
- Gather, analyse, use, and share data to inform the decision-making process and make judgements on actions to take.
- Identify problems and present potential solutions to stakeholders.
- Respond to stakeholder questions and requests, knowing when to consult with others or escalate on matters of a more complex or sensitive nature.
- Identify and implement improvements to support the governance of the organisation.
- Interpret regulation, legislation and governance practices and advise and train stakeholders on its practical application.
- Establish, maintain, and influence relationships with key stakeholders and team members.
- Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with regulatory requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
- Communicate complex information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Review instructions, following them to a conclusion through the execution of tasks.
- Identify and use precedents adapted for specific circumstances such as resolutions, announcements, reports.
- Produce work which is factually accurate and well presented for submission to the members of a decision-making governing body and for publication by the organisation.
- Develop and maintain structure charts for the organisation.
- Plan and prioritise their workload to meet deadlines.
- Maintain and organise forward looking plans and calendars, keeping relevant stakeholders informed of upcoming events such as meetings, reporting timetables, compliance deadlines.
- Gather, analyse, use, and share data to inform the decision-making process and make judgements on actions to take.
- Identify problems and present potential solutions to stakeholders.
- Respond to stakeholder questions and requests, knowing when to consult with others or escalate on matters of a more complex or sensitive nature.
- Identify and implement improvements to support the governance of the organisation.
Training schedule
Governance Officer Level 4.
Training will take place remotely and on the employers' premises.
Apprentices will have a study day each week.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
About this employer
Berry Education is a support service specialising in governance development for Academy Trusts in the education sector; providing a holistic service in the areas of educational leadership, governance and business management offering support options ranging from advice, guidance, coaching and mentoring to hands on reviews, administration support, panel arrangements and clerking, governor recruitment, audits and a diverse range of training and development options. Our core focus is to support schools to keep abreast of their governance and business compliance functions. We are expertly placed to provide support, with a robust understanding of both academic and business requirements in an educational setting, and how they must be streamlined to promote best practice and continued development.
http://www.berryeducation.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Access to professional subscriptions for research and knowledge development. Flexible working arrangements with an emphasis on maintaining a positive work/life balance with an enhanced holiday package. Free Parking Free Onsite Gyn Membership
After this apprenticeship
Once the candidate has completed their apprenticeship, and embedded within the team and shown the necessary competence, there is every possibility that a permanent employment contract is offered, with further opportunities to progress throughout the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CLEAR QUALITY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332663.
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Closes in 27 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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