bdht ltd.
Governance Officer
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Governance Officer
£37,960.52 per annum
Bromsgrove
Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 5th October @ 9am
Interview Date: Tuesday 20th October
Are you an organised and detail-focused administrator with experience supporting senior leaders, boards or committees? Do you have exceptional minute-taking skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining complete confidentiality?
About the role
We now have an opportunity for a Governance Officer to play a vital role in supporting the effective delivery of corporate governance across the organisation. Working closely with the Governance Manager and leadership team, you will help ensure that board and committee activities run smoothly, providing high-quality administrative and governance support that contributes to the achievement of organisational objectives.
In this varied role, you will:
- Coordinate board, committee, executive and customer panel meetings
- Prepare agendas, reports and meeting papers
- Attend meetings
- Produce accurate minutes
- Manage action trackers
- Work closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure timely reporting
- Support board members and senior leaders in the effective discharge of their responsibilities
- Assist with organising corporate events
- Maintain governance records and registers
- Support data protection activities
- Deliver internal communications to colleagues
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About you
We are looking for someone with proven experience providing high-level secretarial or administrative support to senior managers, directors, boards or committees. You will be highly proficient in Microsoft Office, confident in managing competing priorities and experienced in preparing meeting documentation and taking accurate minutes. The successful candidate will demonstrate professionalism, discretion and a strong commitment to confidentiality and data protection. Experience within governance or the housing sector would be advantageous but is not essential.
To be successful, you will be:
- Proactive
- Adaptable
- Solutions-focused
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- A keen eye for detail
- Enjoy working independently
- Take pride in delivering a high-quality service
- Share our commitment to treating colleagues and customers with respect, honesty and understanding
If you're looking for an opportunity to develop your governance career within a supportive and purpose-driven organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
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This post requires that the job holder is subject to a DBS check at a Basic level.
What we can offer in return:
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme – buy up to an additional 5 days holiday per year
- Holiday buy back scheme – bdht will buy up to 10 days holiday back from staff
- Team budget every year to enjoy an afternoon out as a team
- Electric vehicle leasing scheme through Octopus Energy
- Pension scheme – defined contributions pension administered by the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS)
- Life insurance is available to members of the pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Healthcare Cash Back Scheme – Healthshield
- Retail discounts scheme
- Long Service Awards (given at 1 year, 5 years and in increments of 5 years following this)
- Reimbursement for professional subscription fees
- Corporate Sponsorship opportunities
- Reimbursement for HRT pre-paid certificates
- Reimbursement for annual flu jab
- Free parking and refreshments
- Monthly staff compliments raffle
- Wellbeing calendar of events throughout the year
Bdht reserves the right to close vacancies before the stated closing date where the volume of applications is extremely high.
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