Opportunity for a home-based communications role, 2-3 days per week, term time only

[NicolaWJ]

Hi there,

The Chair of a small charity that I know well was asking me if I knew anyone locally who would be interested in this opportunity, and I said I?d post it on the Forum. (Hope I've got the right place, if anyone is moderating this!). If you?re interested in this, please email him directly at [email protected], rather than posting to me. It would be worth saying that you saw this on the East Dulwich Forum for context.

He writes:

I am looking for a communications professional, mostly likely a parent with children at school, who is interested in education, and looking for paid home-based work, concentrated on term time.

I Chair a small national charity called SGOSS-Governors for Schools, which does a great job finding governors for schools based on matching specific needs with specific candidate profiles. Last year it placed over 2,800 governors, more than any other body, and the charity secures massive Net Promoter Scores from users. It has, for the first time in recent history, secured multi-year funding from donors to enable it to accelerate the rate of growth and extend the impact it has on the school system.

The problem that we are trying to solve is the growing "governance gap" in schools in England - not enough people with the (mostly business) skills and experience required by schools are giving their time to become governors.

Why is solving this problem important? Educational outcomes depends on the quality of the teachers, which are determined by the head teachers who have to be found, elected and supported by the board of governors /trustees.

SGOSS-Governors for Schools is looking for support from a communications professional to be part of the solution, commencing an energetic comms plan to relevant stakeholders via PR/digital means.

If you would like to explore this opportunity, please email me asap at [email protected] to discuss further.