Corporate Board Assistant

2 weeks ago


Gloucester, United Kingdom Benefact Group Full time

**Working hours**:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Duration**:6 month fixed term contract

**Location**:Gloucester

**Job Ref**:202718

**About the role***:
**Benefact Group**, are looking for a **Corporate Office Assistant** to join our** Gloucester **office.

As **Corporate Office Assistant** you will provide secretarial and organisational management to the GMB and Board of Directors of Group companies to facilitate the efficient running of Board and Committee meetings and other governance activities utilising appropriate technology to maximise productivity and business performance.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

**Key responsibilities**:

- To organise Board, Committee and Annual General Meetings including the annual planning and organising of meetings, producing agendas, co-ordination and quality control of papers and producing minutes and resolutions, booking meeting rooms and other ancillary matters.
- To continually improve and streamline the Board and Committee processes, making effective use of new and existing technology.
- To review the Board portal regularly and ensure it is kept up to date.
- To work in partnership with the business to ensure that the needs of the Board and Committees are understood and fully integrated into Board and Committee papers submitted.
- To proactively track, expedite and report on follow up Board and Committee actions.
- Co-ordination and delivery of Board governance activities such as induction, board evaluations, training, and management of conflicts of interest.
- To ensure that all Board policies are reviewed regularly and approved by the Board.
- To lead specific projects to improve the board process.
- To ensure that Board practices adopted by Ecclesiastical are adopted by the Boards including internationally.

**Knowledge, skills and experience**
***:

- Educated to A level or equivalent.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a senior secretarial role.
- Experience of working in a PLC environment.
- Experienced in dealing with Senior Executives, Non
- Executive Directors and Board Committees.
- Proven track record of strong relationship management with senior executives, Non-Executive Directors and senior external stakeholders.
- Strong IT skills.
- Proven organisational and project management skills.
- Strong influencing skills, with ability to support and challenge business leadership to ensure delivery of high quality papers and follow up on actions.
- The ability to multi-task, manage work under pressure, to complete work accurately and deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Ability to communicate and influence at all levels of business operations.
- Ability to work independently on own initiative

**What we offer**:

- A competitive salary - let's discuss it
- Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
- Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
- Up to £300 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full study support to gain professional qualifications

**About us****:
**Benefact Group **is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
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