Governance Officer

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 280018**Salary**:

- £41,055 - £45,565**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- BEIS - Corporate Services - Corporate Services - CS COO Office Directorate**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Business Management and Improvement
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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- LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**DSIT**

The responsibilities for the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology for 2023 are as follows:

- Positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement
- Driving innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth
- Delivering talent programmes, physical and digital infrastructure and regulation to support our economy, security and public services
- R&D funding

For 2023, our priorities are:

- Optimise public R&D investment to support areas of relative UK strength and increase the level of private R&D to make our economy the most innovative in the world.
- Promote a diverse research and innovation system that connects discovery to new companies, growth and jobs - including by delivering world-class physical and digital infrastructure (such as gigabit broadband), making the UK the best place to start and grow a technology business and developing and attracting top talent.
- Put our public services - including the NHS and schools - at the forefront of innovation, championing new ways of working and the development of in-house STEM capability to improve outcomes for people.
- Strengthen international collaboration on science and technology in line with the Integrated Review, and ensure our researchers are able to continue to work with leading scientists in Europe and around the world.
- Deliver key legislative and regulatory reforms to drive competition and promote innovation, including the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill and our pro-innovation approach to regulating AI.
- Pass the remaining stages of the reformed Online Safety Bill to keep British people, especially children, safe online.

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We are building an inclusive culture to make the Department a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

**Job description**:
We are setting up a corporate governance team which will be responsible for driving the work of our senior boards and committees and managing the wider ecosystem of governance in the department. The team will have a key role in creating the conditions for our senior leadership team to make informed and timely decisions so that the department can deliver against its strategic priorities.

The DSIT Governance Team is responsible for the smooth running of the governance framework in DSIT, including the Departmental Board chaired by the Secretary of State, the Executive Committee chaired by the Permanent Secretary, and a range of other committees chaired by Non-Executives and Directors General. The team is embedded in the Chief Operating Officer’s office and is led by the COO’s Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Governance (G6) and supported by a Senior Governance Officer (G7), and three Governance Officers (two SEOs (these roles) and an HEO).

Due to business requirements this role is Full-time ( Flexible working and Job-share are available).

**Person specification**:

- As a Governance Officer in DSIT, you will be responsible for:
- Leading the team’s service to boards and committees you are assigned to; owning the relationship with the board or committee chair to design and deliver an outstanding secretariat service.
- Working with leaders of corporate and policy teams to prepare clear and insightful board papers, reports and management information for your assigned boards and committees to consider.
- Compiling and quality assuring board packs to make sure that our boards receive consistently high-quality products.
- Working with the HEO Governance Officer to continuously improve our systems and processes, identifying opportunities to automate transactional work and increase our team's capacity to support on strategic governance issues.
- Coordinating and tracking actions agreed at meetings of your assigned boards and committees, making judgem

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