Chair of the Board & Governors
- Employer
- Peridot Partners
- Location
- Sandwell, West Midlands
- Salary
- Reasonable expenses paid
- Closing date
- 4 Mar 2025
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- Sector
- Charity and not for profit, Education, Board trustees
- Salary band
- Unremunerated
- Hours
- Part Time
- Where will they be working
- From our office
Join The Sandwell Colleges – the largest College and provider of 16-19 study programmes in the West Midlands – as Chair of the Board or as a Governor, as they continue to develop and nurture their positive reputation whilst improving life chances and driving the economic prosperity of learners, communities and businesses.
Time commitment: Chair (up to 14 hours per month), Governors – up to 10 hours per month)
Location: Sandwell, West Midlands
Applications close at: 9 a.m. Tuesday 4th March 2025
About Sandwell Colleges
As the largest provider of 16-19 study programmes in the West Midlands, The Sandwell Colleges are committed to empowering every learner to achieve their full potential. Our outcomes for learners both young people and adults are above national rates, and we provide a high level of pastoral and wrap-around enrichment and support, rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in 2022.
Offering an inclusive and dynamic learning environment, the Colleges create opportunities for academic, personal, and social development, preparing learners for higher education, apprenticeships or employment.
The Sandwell Colleges is a single entity made up of three colleges and a number of skills hubs – Cadbury Sixth Form, Central St Michael Sixth Form, and the Sandwell FE College – as well as our STEM and Engineering Hub in West Bromwich, a City Centre training hub called Tomorrow’s People, and two new developments at Midland Metropolitan Hospital site and in Cradley Heath.
About the roles
With our board currently being led by John Tew until July 2025, we are looking to appoint a new Chair to support our new CEO & Principal and her senior leadership team in the years ahead. Alongside this, we have also identified other key areas of expertise that would add additional strength, diversity, and expertise to our board.
Who we are looking for
Chair
As our new Chair, you will bring prior board experience – perhaps as a Chair or Committee Chair or member of a Board in a similar size or complex setting – and, therefore, an understanding of the processes, procedures and expectations related to good governance.
You may also bring experience as a senior executive who has previously reported to a strategic non-executive board.
Governors
You will need to understand the importance of community cohesion and knowledge of the issues and landscape of the areas or similar to the areas we are working in. Furthermore, you will bring an understanding of the impacts that our sector has on individuals, employers and the local communities we serve across the Sandwell Council borough, and Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich and across Greater Birmingham and the West Midlands, or similar demographic areas.
Candidates for these roles will need to have a professional background and demonstrable expertise in one of the following areas:
- Qualified finance professional
- Leadership experience gained from a large local employer
- Curriculum & quality of education
Please note that the candidate appointed with expertise in curriculum & quality will have an additional responsibility as a Link Governor for safeguarding, so it is important that candidates with this expertise are willing to take on this additional duty.
We very much welcome applicants from ethnic minority communities, a range of backgrounds and/or a commitment to inclusion.
If you are excited by the opportunity to apply your strategic expertise to a highly rewarding role in an organisation with a clear social mission, we would love to hear from you.
Please click 'Apply on website’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the candidate profile and register your interest to apply.
Applications for these roles close at 9 a.m. Tuesday 4th March 2025.
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