Governance Support Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 434376

**Salary**:

- £29,657 - £33,748
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- WRA - Chief Executive's Office

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- We encourage flexible and hybrid working. Some office attendance will be required based on business needs. This role is based in our Cardiff office.

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax and Landfill Disposals Tax. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.

**Join a place with purpose**
You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.

**Our people**
You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance - there’s a place for you in our friendly team.

**You’ll be our greatest asset**

You’ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.

We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits - our People Survey results say it all

We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.

More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028.

**Job description**:
You will be a key player within the Private Office team, supporting our Governance Manager in the smooth running of our Board and a number of executive committees.
- You will need to be a highly organised and an adaptable team player, who is able to deliver at pace and contribute to an inclusive working environment.
- Minute taking, drafting agendas and commissioning meeting papers is a critical aspect of the role.
- You will need to enjoy interacting with others and building relationships as the role is varied and involves providing support across the organisation. You will need to be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
- You will need to have the ability to plan, organise and manage your own time as well as the time of committee members.
- We are looking for an individual who can work well under pressure, someone who can appreciate that the WRA is growing and with that you will have to adapt to a changing environment.
- The Private Office team are at the centre of a lot of activity with each team member getting involved in a range of activity to support the wider WRA deliver its objectives.

This is an opportunity to be part of a small team at the heart of the WRA - one which supports our Chief Executive, Board and Committees and our leadership team - Tim Arwain. You’ll get insight into a range of strategic topics and discussions from across the organisation. We’re continuously developing and improving our ways of working, and you can help us do that
- we always welcome new ideas

**Jo Ryder - Chief of Staff**

**Person specification**:

- Support the Governance Manager by:

- Opportunity to support the Governance Manager on wider aspects of their role such as: board appointments, committee effectiveness and strategy days
- Working with tact and diplomacy when handling or having sight of sensitive information and attention to detail is key due to the nature of some of the work covered.
- Support in the organisation of WRA wide events
- Keep governance related intranet pages up to date
- Work flexibly across Private Office to support the Chief Executive and Tim Arwain

**Languages**:

- We’ve undertaken an objective assessment of the Welsh language skills needed to undertake the duties of this role. For this role:
Welsh language skills Welsh skills are not essential. This means that you do not need Welsh language skills to undertake this role and these skills won’t be assessed during the recruitment process. However, we actively encourage all staff to learn, or improve their Welsh language skills and offer a range of opportunities to suit everyone.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £29,657, Welsh Revenue Authority contributes £8,591 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 31 days annual leave + Bank holidays, and 2 Privilege days
- Flexible