Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Group Director of Governance
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Group Director of Governance
This is an exceptional opportunity to join the Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG) as Group Director of Governance, a non-voting board-level role at the heart of a highly significant healthcare transformation. The Group brings together the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn and The James Paget University Hospital under a single leadership structure, united by one purpose: delivering outstanding care for patients across Norfolk & Waveney.
In this role, you’ll serve as a key strategic adviser to the Group CEO, Chair, and Board, providing expert leadership on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, patient experience, legal services, and information governance. This will be pivotal in ensuring the Group adheres to the highest standards of accountability and transparency, delivering ambitious organisational objectives and developing a world-class University Hospitals System.
This is a unique opportunity to shape governance in a complex and evolving healthcare organisation serving over 1 million. You’ll contribute directly to strategic decision-making, ensuring robust governance supports innovation, transformation, and continuous improvement. Alongside a talented executive team, you’ll help build a culture that places patients, staff, and communities at the centre of everything while supporting ambitions for workforce development, service modernisation, financial sustainability, and collaboration across the system.
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Key Responsibilities
The Group Director of Governance will lead the development and delivery of a comprehensive corporate governance framework that supports effective decision-making and compliance across the Group. Reporting directly to the Group CEO, the post holder will act as the organisation’s senior governance adviser, ensuring the Board and its committees operate effectively and in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee the Board Assurance Framework
- Coordinate governance reporting
- Provide assurance on the management of strategic risks and organisational performance
- Manage the Board secretariat function
- Support annual planning cycles, committee effectiveness, and the implementation of decisions and actions arising from Board business
Strategic Leadership
Working closely with executive colleagues, regulators, and external stakeholders, you will provide strategic leadership on governance, compliance, and assurance, supporting the Group to meet national standards and regulatory requirements.
Leadership Opportunity
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As Group Director of Governance, you'll join NWUHG at a defining moment. Bringing together three established hospitals — JPUH, NNUH, and QEH — into a single Group, we're building a unified approach to leadership and care while preserving what makes each site distinct.
The Group is undergoing significant structural change, with a new senior leadership team taking shape. As Group Director of Governance, you'll help shape that change directly — influencing how the Group works now and for years to come.
Operating across three sites brings a scale and complexity few roles offer: three patient populations, three cultures, one shared purpose to build. It's a genuine opportunity to develop as a leader in a large, complex, multi-site organisation, working alongside colleagues equally invested in getting it right.
Compensation and Benefits
This appointment carries a competitive salary benchmarked against Very Senior Manager (VSM) NHSE pay rates, reflecting the scope and seniority of the Group Director of Governance role, together with a generous NHS pension and the full range of NHS staff benefits.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits contact:
- Name: Rees Milbourne
- Job title: Chief of Staff
- Email address: rees.millbourne@nnuh.nhs.uk
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