Governance Officer

About the Role

This is a newly created role to provide professional, responsive and confidential administrative and project support to the Director of Governance, Risk and Assurance Manager and wider governance team.  The post holder will provide a solution focused approach to enhance the group's corporate governance, risk and assurance systems and processes.

What You Will Do

• Develop and maintain a range of effective systems to record, monitor and report on board/committee membership, terms of office, attendance, declarations of eligibility, register of interests, skills audits and training/development.
• Co-ordinate board/committee member engagement activities including link governor arrangements across the group.
• Support the co-ordination of board/committee member induction, ongoing training and development and governance effectiveness reviews.
• Develop and maintain the annual governance calendar of meetings, events and reporting schedules.
• Manage the governance team inbox and outlook calendar, making all necessary arrangements for governance meetings and events.
• Maintain the governance page of the group/college websites and the governance portal, ensuring that information is up to date and relevant.
• Monitor and report on the governance budget and support the processing of board/committee member expense claims.

About You

• Have a minimum GCSE level A*-C or equivalent in English & Maths
• Experience of working in a busy office environment, both as part of a team and independently.
• A high-calibre, confident individual with ability to manage projects with high levels of autonomy and a proactive approach.
• Strong written and oral communication skills,
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to prioritise and keep meet deadlines within a challenging environment

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
• Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
• Academic 37 days
• Senior Management 37 days
• Generous Pension schemes
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities -  including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

[Employer hidden] Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.

SAFEGUARDING

At [Employer hidden] Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential.  Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.

Governance Officer

• Salary
  Commencing at £31,314 with progression to £33,220
• Frequency
  Annual
• Job Reference
  LUM1544/594
• Contract Type
  LEG - Permanent - Full Time
• Closing Date
  20 August, 2023
• Job Category
  Governance
• Campus
  Park Lane Campus / Hybrid
• Location
  Leeds, United Kingdom
• Posted on
  3 August, 2023