East Coast College
Location
Lowestoft, Suffolk | United Kingdom
Job description
Governors help us achieve our purpose - to transform individuals and build communities through education.. Board experience is not required, with a detailed induction and training provided.
What will you be doing?A little bit about us:
East Coast College is a well-established further education college with campuses in Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth, offering a fantastic breadth and depth of subjects and technical and professional training for schools leavers and adults up to degree level.
A little bit about the Governor role:
Our Governors role is to support and challenge and help the College achieve its strategic objectives.
The Board includes independent governors, CEO/Principal and staff and student governors. Collectively, individual governors contribute their professional, specialist and general management skills.
Time Commitment - Our meetings tend to be for a couple of hours on a Tues morning starting at 9am with 4 Full Board meetings, 4 Committee meetings and 1 Full Away Day a year in person.
As a Governor your annual commitment includes:
Minimum attendance target of 80%
Participation in:
We need Governors who can live our values and become part of 'Team ECC.'
Our Values
Aspirational – Being supportive, exploring potential and challenging ourselves daily.
Respectful – Acting with compassion, being inclusive, and welcoming others in our learning community and to our environment.
Professional – Putting team first, acting with integrity, developing our expertise and having a focused work ethic.
Successful – Determining our ambition, achieving excellence and continually raising standards.
What are we looking for?Skills in need:
If you are interested please get in touch whatever your skill set
We are also looking for those with skills and knowledge in areas such as:
Why become a governor?
Team ECC's Board supports the College team to make a significant and lasting impact on education and the community we serve.
It is an exciting time to join the Board we are refreshing and refocusing our Strategy, have a number of exciting projects in development including the redevelopment of our Great Yarmouth campus and are looking to move from Ofsted Good towards aspects of outstanding.
As a governor you will develop valuable experience in governance and leadership whilst collaborating with other dedicated individuals who share a passion for education and the region.
Before you applyTo apply:
Covering letter setting out reasons and a CV
Causes
Organisation type:
Educational body
Our vision - to unlock potential through learning
Our Mission - To develop individual, local and regional prosperity and wellbeing
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