Regional Lead

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Regional Lead to join our team in Bristol. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £32,480 – £36,400 (£40,600 - £45,500 FTE)

NGA is an independent, not-for-profit national membership organisation for state school governors, trustees and governance professionals in England. Our work aims to improve the educational standards and wellbeing of young people by increasing the effectiveness of governing boards and promoting high standards. As expert leaders in school and academy governance, we provide information, advice, guidance, professional development and e-learning.

About the role:

We are looking for a Regional Lead who will be able to develop our partnerships across the South West and West Midlands regions and grow membership for the organisation. The ideal candidate will have considerable experience of relationship management and sales, as well as a thorough understanding of school governance. Excellent communications skills and the ability to work to strict deadlines are essential, as is attention to detail.

Benefits of working for NGA:

• Competitive starting salary of £32,480 – 36,400 (£40,600 - £45,500 FTE).
• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days (FTE) increasing to 27 with continuous service, 8 days bank holiday and 3 days Christmas closure, with the ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Employer contribution pension scheme at 7%
• Homeworking, with the expectation for travel across the South West and West Midlands region, which includes visiting our office in Birmingham city centre.
• Wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme
• A healthy training and development budget (CPD) with a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• A commitment to environmental sustainability includes a cycle to work scheme and encouragement to use public transport, including railcards

Key responsibilities of our Regional Lead will include:

• Understanding the local and regional challenges and needs of governing boards, clerks and governance professionals in the region, and apply this intelligence to offer appropriate NGA support to members in the local areas and regions
• Encouraging and supporting local governance associations to form and sustain themselves
• Building relationships with local partners to gather intelligence regarding the local governance landscape and the needs of governing boards, clerks and governance professionals.
• Identifying opportunities to develop partnerships to improve governance with local authorities, multi-academy trusts, local associations, teaching school alliances/hubs, dioceses, federations and any other parties.
• Identifying opportunities to promote NGA, its membership and its services, and with the support of the Head of Marketing take advantage of those opportunities.
• Developing a pipeline of new business for NGA in the region, including membership, Learning Link, training and development programmes, consultancy and any other services delivered by NGA.
• Providing intelligence from partnership groups and local associations to improve NGA’s offer to members, governors, trustees and clerks’
• Keeping up-to-date with NGA’s position statement, good governance practice and issues of concern to NGA members
• Being an active member of NGA in all ways, such as by contributing to staff meetings, events for members, promoting the organisation, working within and supporting NGA’s culture policies and procedures and undertaking other reasonable duties required by the line manager.

What we’re looking for in our ideal Regional Lead:

• In depth understanding of school and trust governance In England
• Understanding of relevant regional and local public sector services and structures, in particular as relevant to education
• Understanding of marketing and promotions strategies.
• The ability to identify, exploit and create opportunities
• An excellent public speaker, able to deliver to large audiences
• The ability to keep up-to-date with external factors, and to assess the potential and added value of new relationships
• Energetic, engaging, confident, entrepreneurial and enthusiastic
• Drives opportunities for business development and committed to achieving targets

Closing Date: 9am on Thursday 9 January 2025

If you have not been contacted by Thursday 9 January 2025, please assume that you have not been successful. 

If you feel that you are the right candidate for the role as our Regional Lead or would like to find out more information about the role, then please click ‘apply’ now.  We’d love to hear from you.