Governance Officer

37 Hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Corporate Governance Officer to join our team in Watford. In this role, you will support our Corporate Governance and Health and Safety Manager drive forward our governance framework across Watford Community Housing.

What’s the role?

As a Governance Officer, you will be able to provide a highly organised and effective governance and administrative service to our internal customers and the Board as well as working collaboratively with other teams in the business and act as the main point of contact for the Governance team.

The right candidate will need to:

• Provide administrative support to our Executive Management Team, Board, Committee and Group entities.  
• Maintain registers effectively and coordinate the management of meetings and all aspects required with this (e.g. circulate agendas in advance, booking of catering if required, minute taking, assist with report writing and issue papers accordingly.
• Maintain decision trackers.
• Support the organisation’s annual declaration of interest’s process.
• Support in the delivery of a successful Annual General Meeting.
• Maintain the organisations central policy register and framework, updating internal stakeholders on any changes required thereto and supporting them in the cyclical review process.
• Supporting the production of key performance indicators and regular corporate and operational reports on policy compliance; and
• Provide support in the handling of customer feedback at the final stage of our Customer Feedback Procedure.

Ensuring the business maintains compliance by:

• Supporting and Co-ordinating to ensure that all required regulatory returns are submitted on time;
• Communicating potential areas of risk/non-compliance to internal stakeholders.
• Supporting responses to policy, government and regulatory consultations on behalf of the Group.
• Working with the relevant project team to ensure that the organisation is prepared for regulatory in-depth assessment and leading project co-ordination as necessary.

What are we looking for?

You will be customer-focused, with the ability to interact empathetically with a wide variety of people. You'll have and an excellent grasp of corporate governance and compliance. An understanding of housing and/or construction sector would be a distinct advantage.  As some meetings will be outside of normal office hours, you will be flexible in your working times and approach.

Essential:

• Corporate governance experience
• Experience in an administrative role.
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Strong all-round IT and digital skills including working with MS Office Suite, website CMS, and CRM databases.
• You will need to maintain a satisfactory basic level DBS check.

Desirable:

• Experience in meeting minute taking.
• Knowledge in housing regulation

What can we offer you?

We know that people are our most valuable assets, so we offer a range of benefits including 28 days’ annual leave pro rata, an employer pension contribution of up to 11%, development opportunities and access to a comprehensive employee rewards scheme.

How we work

We are committed to embracing the most positive aspects of agile working. We take a blended approach to how we work, so that colleagues have the flexibility to strike the right balance between working in our communities, in our shared spaces and remotely. With digital technology at the heart of our work, teams and individuals are empowered to decide the best way to meet the needs of their role.

How to apply

If this sounds like your next role, click ‘apply now’, tell us why you've got what it takes and send us a copy of your current CV.

The closing date is 08 April 2024 (but please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a large response). Interviews will take place in on 25 April 2024.