Governance Officer

**Governance Officer**

**Flexible (some attendance at offices in West Bromwich and Chippenham required)**

**Salary - £25,000 - £31,300 per annum - depending on skills and experience**

**Contract type - Permanent**

**Working hours - Full Time**

**Closing Date - 31 May 2023**

**Interview Date - TBC**

**About us**

In April 2021, GreenSquare and Accord Housing Association merged to create a bigger, better, organisation - GreenSquareAccord - to deliver our purpose of _Building Better Lives_. _Building Better Lives_ means that we exist to provide the affordable homes and care services that enable people to achieve their full potential, without having to worry about the quality, affordability and safety of their housing and care.

As a charitable housing provider, we provide over 25,000 homes to more than 54,000 people. We deliver over 3 million hours of care to individuals every year. We have a geographical reach from the north east, to the south west of England. And we employ around 4,000 people.

We are committed to providing great homes and care, in a great neighbourhood, with great service.

**About the role**

We are currently recruiting for a full time permanent Governance Officer to support and contribute to GreenSquareAccord's Governance Team in the delivery of the Group's governance and company secretarial functions, supporting the effective operation of our Boards and Committees.

You will ensure the timely collation of Board and Committee papers and co-ordinate their circulation, checking for completeness and quality assurance in terms of content and format, and dispatch in accordance with agreed deadlines.

You will be required to attend Committee meetings to take, produce and issue minutes in accordance with the team service standards; and support the meetings by arranging refreshments, preparing meeting rooms in advance of meetings and organising travel and accommodation if required.

Within the role you will also assist in maintaining any regulatory/statutory registers as required, in line with the Code of Conduct and best practice. This includes registers relating to declarations of interest, gifts and hospitality and the provision of employment and housing to employees, board and committee members and connected people. This will also include maintaining records relating to Board and Committee members.

You will also be required to support various Governance processes including Signing and Sealing, organising induction and training schedules for Board and Committee members, processing expenses and invoices and overseeing various inboxes responding to ad-hoc governance enquiries.

**About you**

Within the role, it is essential that you have the ability to support governance-related policies and procedures and ensure the timely delivery of agendas, papers and minutes.

You must have the ability to organise yourself, prioritise your workload and manage your job role to meet personal objectives, targets and deadlines. You must able to work under pressure and as part of a team, comfortable with multi-tasking and managing competing priorities.

You will need to demonstrate developed communication skills at all levels.

Proven experience of servicing in a governance environment would be beneficial for this role.

**Benefits**

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
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