Governance Officer

2 months ago


Swansea, United Kingdom Swansea University Full time

**Main Purpose of Post**
- The postholder will have a strong track record in a governance role, preferably within a higher education environment. They will have, or will quickly develop, an understanding of the regulatory framework for higher education in Wales and across the UK and an excellent knowledge of the governance framework of the University and University policies and procedures, and will ensure that corporate governance processes are compliant, both with University requirements and with statutory regulatory frameworks. They will have responsibility for a portfolio of University committees and sub‑committees, as well as other governance areas, as directed by the University Secretary and will develop a particular expertise in these areas advising authoritatively and providing support to the University Secretary, the Chairs of these committees and members of the Senior Leadership Team, and other colleagues on related matters.
- This is a position of high trust where the postholder may be required to work with a broad spectrum of highly sensitive information, including personal data and commercially sensitive matters. Discretion, tact, and sensitivity are absolutely essential.
- The postholder will have excellent written and oral communication skills and attention to detail. They will need to take and prepare professional, high-quality, accurate minutes often communicating complex and sensitive issues succinctly and effectively to a range of audiences, to write and edit governance documents, and to research and write informative papers and reports for presentation to the committees they support, the Senior Leadership Team and the Council, all of which demonstrate the postholder’s understanding of the University’s governance framework. They will need to be able to analyse and assess policies and processes against statutory and regulatory requirements, make recommendations, and design and implement change plans, reporting regularly in writing to Committees and the Council on progress and challenges.
- The postholder will be responsible for all aspects of committee business for their portfolio including drafting Agendas, preparing and circulating papers, setting deadlines and liaising with contributors on submission dates, ensuring that governance meetings run smoothly and that all matters are progressed and completed in a timely fashion on behalf of the committees they support, developing and keeping under review any internal operational procedures and relevant reference and induction materials documents, undertaking recruitment (including overseeing elections as necessary), induction and on-going support activities for members being mindful at all time of equality, diversity and inclusivity, making use of, and adapting to advances in, technology to support the committees they are responsible for and their operation. They will work with the committees to review the effectiveness of the committees they support analysing feedback to help define needs and requirements for the enhancement of services and to implement any resulting improvements to services.

**Additional Information**

**Shortlisting by 9 January and Interviewing w/b 16 January 2023**

Job Reference: SD02688



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