Job title: Head of Governance
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £74,000
Working arrangement: Hybrid
Key responsibilities:
- Act as the Company Secretary, fulfilling all legal requirements, including the timely filing of returns for the organisation and its subsidiaries.
- Ensure high standards of Board and Committee support, including member recruitment, induction, appraisal, and training/development.
- Ensure the Board and its Committees have appropriate and annually reviewed terms of reference, approved by the Board.
- Coordinate forward planning, servicing, and recording of Board and Committee meetings.
- Provide advice to the CEO, Chair, and Board as required, with direct access to the Chair if necessary.
- Ensure compliance with FCA registered Rules and that the Board adheres to these at all times.
- Ensure appropriate delegations are in place, properly approved, and reviewed annually.
- Support the Finance Director in managing corporate assurance and reporting to the Board, Audit and Risk Committee, Corporate Management Team, and external regulators regarding governance and regulatory standards. This includes:
-Strategic corporate risk management
-Effective internal audit arrangements
-Governance policies to ensure transparency, integrity, and accountability
-Leading self-assessment and action planning against regulatory standards and preparing for inspections
-Leading the annual self-assessment and action planning process in line with the Board’s chosen Code of Governance
-Acting as a key point of contact with regulatory bodies such as the Regulator of Social Housing
-Fulfilling regulatory and compliance obligations (e.g., GDPR, whistleblowing procedures)
- Maintain effective insurance and claims arrangements for the organisation.
- Act as the Money Laundering Officer, ensuring proper procedures to identify, respond to, and report any suspected criminal transactions.
- Ensure the organisation is supported with appropriate legal advice and counsel through the procurement of legal services when required.
Essential criteria:
- An appropriate company secretarial qualification (or equivalent)
- A record of demonstrable achievement, at a seniorlevel in a regulated environment, in the delivery of governance, risk and corporate services
- Experience of managing significant technical and organisational change
- Experience of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to deliver excellence
