Governance Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - GreenSquareAccord
Description
Governance Officer
Flexible across Chippenham/Birmingham/Gloucestershire
Salary - £28,000 - £31,300 per annum - depending on skills and experience
Contract type - Permanent
Working hours - Full Time
Closing Date - 1 March 2024
Interview Date - TBC
About the role
We are currently recruiting for a full-time Governance Officer to join our Governance Team.
We are a small friendly team that forms part of the Governance and Compliance function at GSA, supporting GSAs Boards and Committees in discharging their legal and regulatory duties and responsibilities.
In this role you will ensure the timely collation of Board and Committee papers and co-ordinate their circulation, checking for completeness and quality assurance in terms of content and format, and circulate to members in accordance with agreed deadlines.
You will support and contribute to the Governance Team in the delivery of the Group's governance and company secretarial functions, supporting the effective operation of GSA's boards and committees.
You will be required to attend Committee meetings either in person or remotely to take, produce and issue minutes in accordance with the team service standards; and support the meetings as required by arranging refreshments, preparing meeting rooms in advance of meetings and organising travel and accommodation.
Within the role you will also assist in maintaining any regulatory/statutory registers as required, in line with the Code of Conduct and best practice.
This includes registers relating to declarations of interest, gifts and hospitality and the provision of employment and housing to employees, board and committee members and connected people.
This will also include maintaining records relating to Board and Committee members.Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.
About you
Within the role, it is essential that you have the ability to support governance-related policies and procedures and ensure the timely delivery of agendas, papers and minutes.
You must have excellent attention to detail, the ability to organise yourself, prioritise your workload to meet set targets and deadlines.
You must able to work under pressure and as part of a team, be comfortable with multi-tasking and managing competing priorities.
You will need to demonstrate well developed communication skills at all levels.Proven experience of servicing meetings in a governance environment would be beneficial for this role.
About us
GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.
We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities.
We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.Our purpose
We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.
Everything we do is about people - whether that's providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.
Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are businessminded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package.
This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
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