Chief Governance Officer Bicester

4 weeks ago

Bicester, United Kingdom South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Here at South Central Ambulance Service, our mission is to deliver theright care, first time, every timealongside the visionto be an outstanding team, delivering world leading outcomes through innovation and partnership.

Our Chief Governance Officer role is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity where you will need to be an exceptional and highly skilled senior leader who will be a key member of the Executive Management team.

Combining the roles of Director of Corporate Governance and Company Secretary, you will need have experience working at a similar level and possess the specialist knowledge and depth of experience to deliver, and embed, a structured approach to corporate governance, Trust-wide. You will also ensure that the Trust complies with relevant legislation and operates in accordance with the organisations CQC provider licence at all times.

The Chief Governance Officer will be required to have a strong and visible presence across the Trust and will need to ensure that governance and risk is positive, proactive and influential in its contribution to the Trust's strategic and operational planning processes moving forward.

Main duties of the job

Managing a team is a core responsibility of the role as the Governance team supports all meetings of the Board and its five assurance committees, along with servicing the Council of Governors and its sub-committees.

Risk management is a significant area of focus for this post as the Trust develops and embeds its Board Assurance Framework and Corporate Risk Register.

You will need excellent communication and people skills as you will be required to communicate with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally to ensure sound governance of the Trust along with, efficiency, effectiveness, integrity and strong business focus for the organisation.

You will be required to provide professional advice and guidance to the Board of Directors and the Council of Governors, and to act as the principal advisor to the Chair and Chief Executive on all matters relating to governance, statutory compliance, and regulation.

You will lead by example, always modelling and upholding the right behaviours.

About us

Benefits we offer:

Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team. Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time). Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme. Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS. Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme. NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.

About Us

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.

The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Sussex.

We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Please be advised that South Central Ambulance Service reserves the right to close this campaign earlier than the advertised closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To lead the effective functioning of the meetings of the Board of Directors, Council of Governors and all associated Committees through: Developing and implementing Board and Board Committee governance assessment methodology; allowing for the continual improvement of Board and Committee functionality including maintaining the annual cycle of business and work plans; To draft and present reports on Corporate Governance to the Board and Board Committees Ensure the Constitution, Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions are adopted, acted upon, reviewed and updated, as necessary and to ensure compliance with legislation including the NHS Act 2006; Advising the Chairman, other Committee Chairs and Executive Directors with regard to matters of legislation, governance, procedure and process; Undertaking checks of all Board of Directors and Council of Governors (and related meetings) materials to ensure suitability in terms of both quality, consistency and appropriateness (particularly in terms of political/public sensitivity and confidentiality); Ensuring compliance with the Standing Orders of the Board of Directors, the Standing Orders of the Council of Governors, the Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) and the Scheme of Reservation & Delegation. In particular, ensuring the safe custody and legally compliant application of the Trust Seal, Board decisions via e-governance To work with the Communications Team in leading on the compilation of the Annual Report and ensuring compliance with the FT Annual Reporting Manual Maintain the register of interests for Directors, Governors, and senior managers and ensure compliance with national guidance regarding declarations of interest. Make available documents for public inspection where appropriate Act as a central point of contact and expertise for all internal and external queries in relation to Board, sub-committee and Council of Governors meetings, Terms of Reference and other matters;

For full details please refer to the Job Description attached to the advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience specifically in relation to corporate governance/compliance work Professional specialist and strategic level knowledge acquired across a range of activities relating to Trust governance and managing the secretariat Substantial experience in a similar post with evidence of success

Desirable

Qualified Chartered Secretary Member of the Chartered Governance Institute

Experience

Essential

Extensive understanding of NHS Legislation and the Foundation Trust governance framework Significant experience of managing staff Experience at operating at Board level

Desirable

Ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of NHS structures and current issues

Specific Competencies

Essential

Strong analytical skills and the ability understand issues rapidly and explain them clearly and succinctly Strong evidence of experience in handling complex arrangements to a high degree of accuracy, timeliness and effectiveness, including managing multiple deadlines Experience of working constructively with internal and external stakeholders to create the conditions for successful partnerships

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