Governance Assistant

1 week ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Venesky Brown Full time

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Governance Assistant for a 6-12 month contract on a rate of around £180 - £200/day (Inside IR35). This is a hybrid role, with only 2-3 days required on site each week.

Responsibilities:

- Managing an annual programme of Board and Committee meetings, with associated administration.

- Helping edit and prepare Board and Committee papers.

- Administration of our Board portal software.

- Attending Board and Committee meetings and preparing minutes.

- Collating management information for the Board, including liaison with internal teams, ensuring accurate and timely production of business performance reports.

- Providing advice and support to colleagues and managing agents in relation to the Complaints Handling Procedure, recording complaints and preparing quarterly and annual reporting on complaints handling.

- Being the point of contact for Governance with the Finance team.

Essential Skills:

- Experience of acting as a secretariat for boards/committees

- Ability to deal with and handle complaints

- Able to respect confidentiality and to be discreet.

- Ability to create an environment of trust, building appropriate networks within the organisation to support delivery of timely performance reporting. Able to co-ordinate with others to achieve priorities and objectives.

- Ability to scrutinise and interpret information and reports.

- Have an interest in corporate governance e.g. Board operations and business.

- Strong organisational skills with an ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload

- Excellent communication skills.

- Computer literate with experience across Microsoft 365, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint. Able to work confidently on letters, reports, spreadsheets and presentations.

- A self-starter with ability to work on own initiative.

- Ability to analyse and present data in clear written and visual format. Positive and proactive approach.

- Strong administration and organisational skills.

- Excellent customer service.

- Collation and presentation of complex management information.

- Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Desirable Skills:

- Managing information for senior management and Board discussions, a track record of professional integrity is paramount.

- Experience in commercial and / or public sector.

- Minute and note-taking.

- Business administration qualification or equivalent.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.



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