Governance Officer and Assistant to The Chair

**Description**:
**About the Team**

The Governance team ensures the highest standards of governance and compliance with legal and charitable requirements and best practice. We provide person-centred support and advice to all Council and committee members and the Executive as well as acting as the conduit for all communication and engagement with Council and committee members.

**About the role**

As Governance Officer and Assistant to the Chair, you will provide:

- Executive support to the Chair including managing their time and focus and enhancing their effectiveness through high-level and complex diary management
- High level support to Council members and Associates to ensure they are able to function effectively in their role
- Support to our wider governance work, including member selection, appointment and induction processes, ensuring a smooth workflow across all governance-related activities**.**

**About You**

You will be self-motivated, customer focused and exceptionally well organised, with the ability to plan and prioritise effectively in a busy environment. You will have experience of providing executive support and proactive, complex diary management for Board-level leaders. You will also bring a sound understanding of governance best practices, particularly in the public and charitable sectors.

Your interpersonal skills will be highly developed, with the ability to engage effectively and build productive, collaborative relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You will be reliable, professional and discreet in all aspects of your work, winning you the confidence of the Chair, Council members and senior Executive colleagues.

You will have excellent written communication skills and the ability to prepare succinct reports for a variety of purposes. You will have absolute attention to detail, accuracy and quality.

If you enjoy the challenge of a fast-paced, demanding role, have a ‘can do’ attitude with impressive organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail, we want to hear from you.

**Benefits**:

- 30 days annual leave - plus bank holidays
- Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme - with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
- Life Insurance - 4 x current salary
- Hybrid/Flexible working policies
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Perkbox membership
- Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
- Season ticket loans

**About Us**:
Our core role is to **regulate**. First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates - something that affects a tiny minority of professionals each year. We believe in giving professionals the chance to address concerns, but we’ll always take action when needed.

To regulate well, we **support** our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to **influence** health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.

Check out our NMC LinkedIn page here for an insight into the NMC, our vacancies and the world of healthcare regulation.

**Additional Information**:
**Our Pay Policy**
It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.

For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.

**Reasonable adjustments**

**Screening and vetting**

**About The Nursing and Midwifery Council**:
**About the NMC**

Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery practice that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing. As the independent regulator of more than 826,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have an important role to play in making this a reality.

**Our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion**

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