Strategic Governance Lead

3 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited Full time

Corporate Governance Lead

Your new role with Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited involves providing professional expertise of governance arrangements for a growing public sector organisation based in the UK. This position is offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract and will involve occasional remote work with occasional trips to the office.

The post holder is responsible for embedding an integrated corporate governance framework through the organisation, managing the development and implementation of an effective risk management framework, and ensuring secretariat duties for Governance groups are in place. The role also involves acting as key liaison between the organisation and the internal audit service supplier, and line managing a Corporate Governance Manager.

Key Responsibilities

  • Embedding a corporate governance framework through the organisation.
  • Managing the development and implementation of a risk management framework.
  • Ensuring secretariat duties for Governance groups are in place.
  • Acting as key liaison between the organisation and the internal audit service supplier.
  • Line managing a Corporate Governance Manager.

What you'll need to succeed

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills.
  • Previous secretariat support experience, ideally for the senior leadership team/board.
  • Experience of governance, risk, process, policy, improvement, and audit within a public sector organisation would be ideal.
  • Experience of developing and maintaining a corporate governance framework.
  • Previous mentoring or line management experience would be...


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