Compliance Officer Candidate Information Pack
Contents
Welcome to St James Schools
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About Us
Job Description
The Recruitment Process and How to Apply
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Welcome
Founded in 1975 with the aim of providing a complete education for boys and girls from the age of 0 -18, the three St James Nursery Schools are based in London and Surrey. The Junior School and Senior Girls’ School are centrally located together in West London, close to Hammersmith and Kensington Olympia. The Senior Boys’ School is located in a 32 acre site in Ashford, Surrey. Together, St James Schools offer a distinctive approach to education; we aim to provide an environment in which a pupil can discover all that is best within his or her own nature. St James provides the ideal environment for nurturing and enriching the intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of our pupils; thereby creating a balance of academic excellence. Our teachers have excellent subject knowledge and give their time generously to support the well-being and development of their pupils. We all enjoy the stimulating and positive atmosphere, characterised with generosity, kindness, mindfulness and mutual respect, where every member of the St James community is truly valued. I wish you good luck in your application process.
William Wyatt Chief Operating Officer.
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About Us
St James’ Independent Schools in London (UK) are three fee-paying schools for children aged 0 to 18. The Juniors’ and Senior Girls’ Schools are in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Senior Boys’ School in Ashford, Surrey. Our Junior School located in Kensington benefits from a beautiful courtyard leading to spacious classrooms, a large playground, a well-equipped gymnasium, a refectory, library, music rooms, art and craft studio and an assembly hall with a stage and theatre lighting. Our Senior Girls’ School is located on the same site as our Junior School. We offer state of the art facilities including; an onsite Gymnasium, spacious art rooms, a large purpose built music room with our own grand piano and 4 science blocks all with the latest equipment. Last year we opened our new modern library which was designed to create a modern learning environment, along with our new Sixth Form Centre. The new building has been completed to a very high specification and comprises two study areas, six classrooms, offices for staff, a large common room and an attractive external paved area. This has provided a stylish and contemporary working space for our Sixth Form students and has allowed us to create a new library and an additional science lab within our main school building. Our Senior Boys’ School occupies a 32-acre site, we moved to this site from Twickenham in 2010. Before we took over the site we completely refurbished all the facilities and created a new dining hall. We have also built an award-winning design technology workshop. The estate comprises of two rugby pitches, cricket square, athletic track and an elegant Victorian Chapel built in 1898 with beautiful welsh stained glass windows. Over the last few years we have made significant investment in our estates and we continue to develop the sites according to the needs of our pupils and teachers.
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Compliance Officer: Job Description
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The Compliance Officer will be responsible for the following:
• Ensuring each of St James Schools remain up-to-date with the latest guidance and statutory legislation in the following key areas: » Independent Schools Standards & Regulations » Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) » General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) » Management/operational (anti-bribery, licencing, copyright, parent contracts) » Transportation
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• Providing advice and guidance to all relevant stakeholders on any legislative changes relating to, but not limited to, the above; • Monitoring and auditing policies and practices on an ongoing basis to ensure effective compliance; • Developing and instigating new approaches to ensure these guidelines and legislation are met; • Providing advice and guidance on data protection and management (including GDPR), and liaising with external providers regarding ensuring compliant data practice from third party providers; • Managing subject access requests; • Ensure there is a robust compliance control system in place to accurately record policy amendments, version control, policy approval, scheduling of policy updates and the maintenance of a policy archive. • Regularly reviewing the Single Central Registers to ensure they are compliant • Ensuring documents required for ISI inspections are up to date • Communicating key compliance changes to appropriate SMT members or if necessary all staff; • Providing regular compliance reports to the governing body and to senior management • Acting as a sounding board on legal issues and contracts; consulting with legal advisers when needed to resolve difficult compliance issues; maintaining key documents for the School including major contracts, engagement letters, corporate documents; • Regularly reviewing training records to ensure compliance; • Annually checking complaints records and procedures • Identifying potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develop action plans for the mitigation of those risks and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future; conduct internal audits of processes and procedures • Responsibility for maintaining the School’s Risk Register and driving actions to reduce identified risks.
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The Recruitment Process
Application Process Applications should consist of a CV and covering statement outlining key matching experience and rationale for applying for the post.
Applications should be sent to; Hayley Mintern of The Management Recruitment Group via email at hayley.mintern@mrgpeople.co.uk.
The Management Recruitment Group
51 Eastcheap, Billingsgate, London EC3M 1JP Tel: 020 3962 9900 mrgpeople.co.uk
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