Corporate Governance Co-ordinator

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
The post holder will work as an integral part of the Corporate Governance and Membership team and will work closely with the Deputy Director of Corporate Services / Deputy Group Secretary. The post holder will support the team in ensuring that the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) delivers corporate governance best practice across all its activities.

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will comprehensively support and co-ordinate the operational arrangements for committees within the Governance Framework Manual ensuring the ongoing development of reporting structures and annual committee effectiveness reviews. The post holder will monitor the corporate governance implications of reports presented and ensure follow-up of actions and decisions, making relevant connections and escalations in line with standing financial instructions and the scheme of reservation and delegation.

The post holder will also co-ordinate and administer key corporate governance arrangements, including analysis and evidencing compliance with statutory responsibilities, management of specific control systems in relation to committee administration and Internal Audit actions.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Previous experience in a corporate governance environment
- Experience across the full range of governance administration, to sub-Board level, acquired through training and relevant experience
- Experience of working effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders, within and beyond area of work
- Ability to capture and summarise key discussions, points of view and agreed actions accurately.
- Experience of producing accurate minutes of sub-Board meetings
- Knowledge of corporate governance codes of practice, governance and assurance models
- Ability to work in situations where workload can be unpredictable due to regular interruptions
- Excellent attention to detail

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience and understanding of the NHS including latest developments and policy initiatives;
- Experience of developing policies and procedures within a directorate or equivalent

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience Plus knowledge, training and / or experience equivalent to post grad diploma level

**Desirable criteria**:

- Qualification relevant to corporate governance

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