Head of Governance and Legal Services

Full time, Permanent

Salary: Grade 8 £61,356 - £68,364 per annum including London Weighting

We are looking for an experienced governance and legal professional to lead a newly reconfigured Governance and Legal Services (GLS) Team at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Central). You will lead and manage the GLS team, providing a high-quality secretariat service alongside the provision of pragmatic legal advice to a range of stakeholders. This is a great opportunity for a governance and/or legal professional to lead a new team at a point where Central is developing a new strategic plan. You will be involved in a breadth of activity, engage with a diverse group of stakeholders and be part of a dynamic and developing team. To be successful in the role candidates will need a significant amount of governance experience and/or experience of providing legal advice on a range of topics (including commercial contracts, data protection legislation, employment law and general education law). Candidates who are legally qualified or who possess a relevant governance qualification are particularly encouraged to apply.

Disability Confident Scheme

Central will shortly be launching the Disability Confident Scheme. This recruitment campaign forms part of a pilot to help us structure our 'Disability Confident Committed' framework. This is a government initiative aimed at promoting equal employment opportunities for disabled people and to create a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive and supportive.

We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our job vacancies, and we welcome applications from candidates with all types of disabilities. As part of the

Disability Confident Scheme, we commit to offering an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum selection criteria for the job. To be considered for an interview under this scheme you must have:

a physical or mental impairment, or a long-term health condition which has a substantial and long term (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities.

demonstrated in your application that you meet the minimum job criteria as set out in the advert or person specification for the post.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, including neurodivergent candidates, LGBTQ+ and Global Majority backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented within the sector and within Central.

HOW TO APPLY

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If you would like to make an application for the Head of Governance and Legal Services role, please send your application forms to: [email protected] by midday on Monday 15 January 2024.

It is anticipated that interviews will take place on Friday 9 February 2024. There will be a written test, a short presentation and a formal interview as part of the recruitment process.