Governance Officer

About The Role

As a Governance Officer at East Kent Colleges Group, supporting the Group Director of Governance, you will play a critical role in providing high quality support and administration for a range of EKC Group governance functions.
You will ensure effective arrangements are in place to deliver a comprehensive and robust corporate governance administrative framework which meets its reporting requirements effectively contextualising discussions to identify key messages and actions.

Attendance at all governor meetings is required, you will produce board packs to ensure all papers are received, collated and distributed by the required deadlines, minute-take at Governing Body and other Governor meetings and other duties such as tracking Governor attendance and supporting regulatory and other audit requirements. 

You will review, develop and maintain governance systems including governance sections of the Group website and intranet site and all other monitoring platforms, ensuring the documentation on it is relevant, accurate and up to date.

You will also be responsible for the coordination of individual governor engagement sessions and lead governor activities. Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group: Competitive salary and holiday entitlement Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays) Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

About You

You will be able and confident to work independently and have an awareness of corporate governance and experience of minute writing at board level,

You will need a high level of IT skills, integrity, and respect confidentiality.

You will be able to communicate effectively in all written and verbal forms, including at meetings, with individuals at all levels of the Group.

You must be extremely organised, having excellent attention to detail together with the ability to plan, manage deadlines,

You will be work flexibly across East Kent, and demonstrate a professional approach to your work.

Previous experience of corporation governance in either the public or private sector would be advantageous but not essential No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date. 

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on  jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk

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