Company Secretary

At Wandle we support people across south London who need a home, by delivering safe and affordable homes along with low cost, dependable, localised services to our customers. The role holder will be working with the Chief Executive, the Chair, Board Members, and other colleagues, playing a key role in ensuring that Board and Committee procedures are both followed and regularly reviewed.

**You will**:

- Support the Chair, Board and Committees members and the Chief Executive in ensuring that they understand and meet their governance responsibilities.
- Ensure the Board and Executive team are aware of changes and developments in corporate governance, regulation and relevant legislation
- Manage programs for succession planning, recruitment, induction, appraisal, and training of the Board and individual members, including supporting members to achieve their Personal Development Plans.
- Construct and publish the Governance Meetings Schedule.
- Ensure that Governance meetings (Board, Committees, Subsidiaries and AGM) are well organised and appointments with all attendees are made.
- Work with the CEO and Directors to produce Board and Committee meeting agendas, keeping Board agenda forward plans.
- Produce a Company Secretary Report to the Board as required and produce the relevant sections for the organisation’s annual report.
- Attend Board and Committee Meetings as required, to provide advice and guidance, assisting the Governance Administrator with Board minuting.
- Support the Executive Assistants and Governance Assistant in organising Board events.
- Keep well organised, clear, accurate Governance Records.
- Deal effectively with routine Board Member administration and monitor Non-Executive member attendance.
- Maintain a Company Secretary workplan to ensure that essential tasks are completed as the Governance Year progresses.
- Be responsible for organising the signing and sealing of legal documents and ensuring that they comply with Standing Orders and Board and Committee decisions.
- Own and update the Wandle Terms of Reference and Standing Orders.
- Work closely with the Governance and Compliance Team and attend Governance Team Meetings.

**What you’ll need to have**:
Experience, Knowledge, Understanding:

- Worked successfully as a Company Secretary in a medium to large sized company.
- Experience of working at a senior level with Boards, Committees, and Executive teams.
- Knowledge and understanding of the affordable housing sector and its legal and regulatory framework.

**Skills**:

- Minutes, report, and letter writing to a high standard.
- Good administrative skills.
- Good standard IT skills. MS Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Zoom, Board meeting systems.
- Good communication, collaborative working, networking, and presentation skills.
- Knowledge of the housing sector would be beneficial.

Qualifications:

- Hold a recognised Company Secretary/Governance Qualification

**What next?**

If you want to be part of a winning team that takes pride in delivering a positive experience to our customers and believe you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, we would love to hear from you.

**Assessment/Interview - TBC