Corporate Governance Manager

4 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Children's Hearings Scotland Full time

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is undergoing an exciting period of reform designed to make a step change in improving the outcomes for infants, children and young people who need us most. As our Corporate Governance Manager, you will work closely with our Board and Senior Leadership team to support key functions within CHS which enable us to deliver on those improvements.

This is a key strategic role contributing to CHS’s vision to drive transformation and deliver operational excellence. The post-holder is responsible for establishing and maintaining the highest levels of corporate governance across the organisation. They will work with the Senior Leadership Team, board members and colleagues across directorates bringing a strategic approach to corporate governance, establishing and managing procedures for effective and impactful corporate governance and pro- actively seek opportunities to build resilience into processes and protocols. The post-holder will have in their portfolio, responsibility for strategic risk management, including business continuity, business planning and performance management, information governance and management information and overall responsibility for the secretariat functions.

You will be based at our office in Haymarket, Edinburgh, ensuring our executive and senior leadership teams are supported to the highest standards. Most importantly, as an invaluable enabler of corporate governance, you will help our leaders to deliver on our strategic priorities.

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Key Responsibilities

· Strategic corporate governance; understanding, and helping others to understand, the critical role it plays in helping CHS to achieve its corporate plan and strategic outlook.

· Support continuous improvement in our Corporate Governance system, driving forward best practice in governance

· Ensure the statutory annual returns, including the annual report and accounts are prepared in accordance with prescribed timescales.

· Lead the organisational approach to information governance and data protection, setting out expectations and ensuring these are delivered to the highest standard

· Oversight of secretariat function, the governance and business operations function

· Provide independent advice and support to the Director of Business and Finance and the Chief Executive on all matters relating to statutory and legislative compliance and interpretation

· Provide the senior leadership team and the Board with the information, resources, governance, communications and secretariat it needs to run the organisation.

· Responsible for risk management and business continuity

Life at CHS

As an organisation that works within the children’s hearings system, we are passionate about making a positive contribution to improving outcomes for Scotland’s infants, children and young people. Our values are at the very heart of what we do every day. By working with us, you’ll be joining a diverse community of colleagues and volunteers.

At CHS we are proud to celebrate difference. We all have different skills, experience and backgrounds and we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture where you can be yourself.

We offer an excellent benefits package, from health and wellness to finances and family. including: generous annual leave, flexible working and other leave policies, fantastic pension, Employee Assistance Programme, development opportunities and wider employee wellbeing initiatives.

Diversity and Inclusion

CHS is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during application and assessment process, and upon joining CHS.

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