Job summary
Employer heading
Corporate Governance Manager
NHS AfC: Band 6
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team. If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Governance Manager to join our busy team. Working closely alongside the Trust Board Secretary, you will take the lead on managing the Board, its committees, and other key meetings to ensure formal and robust governance arrangements are followed.
As a part of this role, you will also fulfil and oversee some corporate functions on behalf of the Chief Executive and the Trust Board Secretary, including responsibility for the Annual Report and Code of Business Conduct, including managing the register of declarations.
To do this role, you will need to be organised and efficient as you will ensure effective support for board and board-level meetings and committees, including distributing papers, administrative support, arranging meetings, recording decisions in meetings, providing timely minutes and logging actions.
This would be a brilliant opportunity for someone who has a real interest in assurance processes and the role they play in facilitating robust decision-making. The role offers wonderful opportunities to develop withing a supportive team, with a chance to hone your skills at an advanced level.
If you’re interested in this role, we’d welcome an informal conversation or visit. Please contact Jason Emerson, Chief People Officer at [email protected]
We’re delighted to be able to offer flexible working for this role.
Please note, this job advert may close early if sufficient applications are reached.
Main duties of the job
The Corporate Governance Manager has responsibility for ensuring that a full and comprehensive service is maintained
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- flexible working opportunities
- relocation packages
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
Person specification
Qualifictions
Essential criteria
- Education to degree level
- Good standard of general education – 5 GCSE’s or equivalent including Mathematics and English
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Articulate with excellent communication/ customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
- Advanced keyboard/ IT skills
- Proven ability to manage and prioritise own and other’s workload and use own initiative
- Ability to work autonomously, deal with queries independently and escalate where appropriate
- Excellent organisation skills and ability to multitask
- Good understanding of Corporate Governance and administration processes within the NHS
- Ability to establish and maintain relevant recording and information systems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with Trust Board members and very Senior Managers
- Competent working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access)
- Experience of working in a corporate environment
- Experience of developing and improving administration systems/ processes
Other
Essential criteria
- Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
- Confident in dealing with people at all levels using empathy, discretion and diplomacy skills
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jason Emerson
- Job title
- Chief People Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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