Governance Officer

The Governance Officer provides efficient, proactive and values led governance support to ensure that all governance work is achieved within set time scales.

Duties include

• Planning and arranging the annual schedule of Board and Committee meetings and manage logistical requirements including diary liaison for the meetings;

• Supporting the Head of Leadership Office & Governance to ensure that our organisation keeps up to date and fulfils all governance and charity requirements whilst promoting, implementing and monitoring good governance policies and procedures;

• Acting as liaison person for Board members (booking hotels, dealing with expense claims,responding to routine queries etc.);

• Administering the whole process of Board & Committee meetings including minute taking and drafting clear, well structured, Board and Committee papers.

You will have a strong governance or administrative background in a professional setting and be able to deal with complex organisational duties as well as more routine administrative tasks. you will be resilient with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Full details of the job and person specification can be found here.

Interviews will be held at our Reading office from week commencing 22 September 2025.

If you need any adjustments to the process because of a health condition or disability please contact the recruitment team.