Senior Governance Officer

SCHOOL / SERVICE

**Governance**
- DEPARTMENT

**Governance Team**
- LOCATION

**College Building**
- CONTRACT TYPE

**Permanent**
- JOB CATEGORY

**SALC / Clerical / Technical / Support**
- HOURS

**Full-time**
- SALARY MIN

**£42,632**
- SALARY MAX

**£49,250**
- PUBLICATION DATE

**13-Dec-2024**
- CLOSING DATE

**05-Jan-2025**

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

**Background**:
The Governance Team comprises the University Secretary and three Senior Governance Officers and is responsible for supporting the University’s Council and its Committees including Senate. Over the next 12 months, the Team will be working to ensure the smoothest possible transition to the new governance arrangements which came into effect on 1st August 2024 with the merger of City with St George’s form City St George’s University of London.

**Responsibilities**:
You will support the work of Council Committees by planning agendas, preparing papers, managing the circulation of papers, preparing briefs for Committee Chairs, taking minutes of meetings, and monitoring actions arising from meetings to ensure the smoothest possible transition to new governance arrangements at the University.

**Person Specification**:
You will possess excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills as the key relationships are with very senior people i.e. independent Council members and the University’s senior team. The role also requires excellent written communication skills, good attention to detail and the ability to maintain contacts, drawing support and advice from others to resolve problems and knowing who to liaise with on key issues.

**Additional Information**:
City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

This is a full time role but part time (0.8FTE) would also be considered.

**Closing date**: 5th January 2025 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 2 December 2024. The selection process will involve an exercise designed to test written communication skills and the ability to produce clear and concise written materials.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.